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    2020/2021 season registration. Wait?

    Lots of weekly data from ONS here:- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-covid-19-surveillance-reports, currently this lot adds up to give an R = 1, but remove the Care Homes and Hospitals (where R must be a lot higher) then you are left with a much smaller R number. The other...
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    2020/2021 season registration. Wait?

    Bottom line issue is the 'R' number and we talk about London v. N.West v. Germany etc; why is not about the R number for Care Homes v. Hospitals v. Supermarkets v. Changing Rooms v. Football Fields; surely that is the real issue and if those numbers were published, then we'd have a better...
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    Grimsby player retrospective punishment

    Never heard it used on/off the field and don't consider it as offensive as some terms. Here's where I recall it recently being used in sport:- https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/apr/05/joe-marler-ban-fine-gypsy-boy-harlequins - £20k fine and 2-matches. Quite a few other football cases pop...
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    2020-21 Law Changes

    ......... but only if it's "to catch"!
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    Snooker loopy!!

    7-0 A bit of 'Blue sky' ............. One shot and all the balls sunk - penalty points of highest ball - lose 7-0.
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    Snooker loopy!!

    19-17 Foul on Blue, Pink & Black = 4pts each?
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    tottenham v norwich penalties

    Spot on ONE, it's the simplest / quickest / objective call for VAR, so why not use it? Keepers would soon adapt. LOTG applied correctly. Example set for lower tier football. A + mark for VAR. Where's the downside?
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    Man Utd Vs Brugge

    I was behind the goal and could see the offence was DOGSO, the intervention and time taken by VAR was puzzling; the potential impact of that long long delay was on the nerves of the kicker - that was wrong, and there would have been more said if he'd bottled it. My questions are (following a...
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    How long does the FA level 1 coaching certificate last before you need to do level 2?

    To my knowledge, you don't ever 'lose-it', but you do need to refresh several elements (First-Aid, CRC, Safe-guarding etc) every few years.
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    Simulation appeal dismissed - ICT v Rangers Colts

    If you look at the 'diver', the 'perpetrator' and both teams reactions, they all say 'foul'. All I can think is that the 'diver' must have had 'previous' that swayed the referee and all 3 panel members.
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    Tottenham Hotspur vs Man City

    Anyone switch-over and watch the rugby - have you heard the arguments about the TMO? Me neither. Why is that? Because IMO the TMO and Referee are seen to ‘work together’ to logically come to a conclusion AND you can hear their reasoning. Another ‘why is that?’ A goalkeeper off his line, must...
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    Handball

    Natural in an under 10's game, but not adult.
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    Liv v Utd

    So if the team know there will be a VAR review - was the 'crowding' aimed at trying to influence VAR? Does the VAR see the 'crowding' before the review (I would suspect they do)?
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    Not sure what this ref was thinking...

    What's the issue with the wall being on the PA line?
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    Not sure what this ref was thinking...

    I've always had a 1 metre 'pace' (useful as an Engineer), so they get 9 and if asked I tell them it's in metres. Perhaps, this is where VAR's expertise will next go to?
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    Arsenal vs Aston Villa

    The game has to move to the Rugby League version of VAR where the decision is articulated throughout the process and crucially fans must be able to hear it; or else get rid. It’s the catchphrase “say what you see” approach which is needed.
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