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'receiving' seems a bit of an ambiguous word here - do they mean the ball has to be actively played to the attacking player who was offside or just that once the defender has deliberately played it the attacker is free to dispossess them?

I don't see an issue with the added time. It's easy enough to believe the referee's watch will slightly differ from TV depending on the exact moment it started I just listened back to 5 Live's coverage and Tierney blows the whistle at end of taking the knee at 01.01 and half time is blown at...

You're right about the procedure for offside flag in terms of delayed flags but the assistant should still always make a decision - the communication of offside is just sometimes a bit later. I know some think assistants are now a bit less likely to (eventually) raise the flag for a tight...

I'd often agree and someone like Moyes does it constantly, but it seems unusual for NES and it seems they had previous complaints too. I certainly think there are better PL referees than Mason but I definitely don't think an individual team should be able to dictate referee appointments.

I'm not sure about PL but I think as a general guide in Europe: VAR wrongly advises on-field review when not a clear and obvious error - VAR marked down whatever referee does. If referee incorrectly changes decision after reviewing evidence - referee marked down. If VAR recommendation for...

I thought you'd said in the past that no referee would show a red to a player and have to call them back on the pitch when they could show yellow and then upgrade through VAR? I do agree that referees should go red where required straight away and it's correct their marks are affected if they...

Of course people will be more critical of an incorrect decision if an official has the chance to look at multiple replays (as the VAR did in Everton V Liverpool with Van Djik/Pickford for instance) because it should be easier to make a decision when having the time to look at multiple replays...

100% red. It seemed the classic case of a player lunging for a ball they couldn't get to. I was amazed Peter Bankes showed a yellow card at first.

Clattenburg thought no penalty.

Should a yellow card not have bene shown to Fulham player who handled the free-kick? Shot was on target and would have been consistent with what we have seen in Europe.

I'm not sure that all referees at top level would take view of every soft foul needing to be given. It seems to me many of the most senior officilas use their judgement as to when something needs penalising and when they can 'let a bit go'. That's one thing I've heard former referees say when...

Yes - I don't really see what the fuss is about with that one.

Most people in the media, fans, etc. were incredulous that Fred wasn't sent off last week for PSG (in the first half!) even though there obviously wasn't much harm done to an opponent - is there much difference between the two, apart from Fred's was with the head and this was with the feet?

Did any Leicester player tough it after the ball left the penalty area? If not, dropped ball to keeper would be correct restart I think as ball was last touched in penalty area. Not sure it's that new a tactic!

Bilic seemed to accept decision.

I think the reality is people just didn't/don't accept the approach of the VAR hardly ever doing anything. The PL initial attempt just didn't work - although it generally seems to me there is less controversy in the CL? The point about 'a room of 10 people all disagreeing with the initial...

It seems to me that refereeing at FIFA/UEFA level has become a lot more lenient in the past five years or so. From memory, there hasn't been a red card for SFP/VC at either Euro 2016 or World Cup 2018, even though there were plenty at the latter in particular I thought should have been - one...

I think the PGMO basically tried to go down the route of only doing the once in a blue moon clear errors at the start of last season and it just didn't work. From memory, there was only 1 subjective decision changed in about the first 6 or 7 weeks of the season and Mike Riley had to come out...

Referee can show yellow after viiewing monitor, althouhg it's quite rare. It happened a few times in 2018 World Cup, including for Ronaldo against Iran. It also happened with Mazic in 2017 Confeds Cup final (I thought that one was a clear red.) Referee clearly didn't see what Fred did so think...

Yes that's true. I'm sure if a penalty was given some would be saying 'Is this really why VAR was brought in? Are they being too forensic?' It's a very difficult balance and unfortunately it seems VAR has lost its credibility amongst many so whatever decision they make is often opposed.