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I'll admit to being of such an age that I don't remember the offside law being massively different. But I really don't understand the fuss here. How has a coach got himself sent off for arguing with that? It's as much an offside discussion as City's second!

this is the part that’s daft to me. It’s like IFAB created a solution to a problem that didn’t exist. Walls have always been a SOTG issue, no need for a tape measure etc. But if we’re measuring the attackers’ distance from one it would be good to know what it looks like.

For the record, I’m not asking because I want to disallow goals or because it’s an issue I had. It occurred to me last night in the WHU v WBA game. There was a wall of three (I think) and another defender was about a foot away. There was an opponent very close to this other defender and it got...

But again, that’s my point. I’m not questioning the spirit of the law - more it’s applicability.

Well that’s not an issue as the law doesn’t set a limit. Opponents should be away from any wall >2.

I think we all understand what a wall looks like, but what actually is one? I can find no definition in the LOTG about how close players have to be to be in a wall and so on. In years gone by it wouldn’t have mattered but now with the rule about opponents being close and so on it does. Do...

I tried that as a Newcastle fan- been a quiet few weeks.....

It's not just on this site though, it's all over social media. I think my second paragraph about refereeing =/= your club playing poorly covers my point.

I'll be honest, I'm sick to death of the nonsense that follows the words 'Liverpool' and 'officials' in the same sentence. Of course, I've no doubt the lack of a yellow card for Pogba and slightly early whistle (blown when the ball hadn't yet been played, by the way) was the reason Liverpool...

Looking purely at the still I think its offside (though I see your edit) - but since you ask about EPL that would be a 3D line call.

But in order to be a yellow card offence it has to be a) mandatory due to a change in the position of the foul, the foul being awarded etc which is no different to FKs being awarded after the foul is deemed to be outside of the box - ie a natural consequence or b) the referee sent over for a red...

My problem is that its really unfair. On the 35th minute the red team break and a foul that is missed by the referee occurs two yards outside the area - prime position for their specialist free kick taker. As its clearly outside the area, VAR doesn't intervene for a great goalscoring...

A tackle on the edge of the area - possible PK or FK. The same tackle on the edge of the D - nothing.

So where do you draw the line? What if the same incident happens a yard further back? That way there wouldn’t be a VAR review at all but it would still be an injustice. The only option is to review them all.

So do you want every single tackle to be reviewed and changed if necessary? And I thought American football games took ages....

This game was two days ago and there is no consensus on whether or not it was a penalty - it's therefore not clear and obvious.

I've never observed a referee but when I've observed lessons in schools I always ask 'what is the point?' Put yourself in the shoes of the recipient and ask yourself 'what is the point of this line?' 'How can it be of benefit?' 'What can they take from it?' If you're writing for writings' sake...

I mean in fairness, there were no KMIs at all? There were two very half-hearted penalty shouts that no one would have given and gave some very strange 50/50s.

You thought Rob Jones had a great game? I thought he was really poor and a top flight referee in a game as easy to read as that one shouldn’t be getting in the way 3 times.

DOGSO. The end. If he isn't all over him, Morelos is running towards goal.