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I saw the same. None of which explains what the ditch couldn't be filled in, or some kind of mezzanine-like surface built over the ditch to make it safer for player who leave the FOP at speed.

Yeah, that too.

I think VAR is a good idea in principal, I think we're still stuck with a poor version of it. I've said before, but it baffles me that they didn't start by copy/pasting the rugby TMO system and tweaking from there. Instead choosing to build a new system from scratch and introducing a bunch of...

As well as all the above valid concerns, I'm also wary of anything that gives captains too much legitimacy. McGinn was giving Hooper an earful all game last night, but Hooper seemed reluctant to book him in part because of the armband - it needs to be reiterated that captains don't get complete...

I would also consider doing less might help. When I was going for 4 I found the experience really gruelling - doing a game most weekends, sometimes two a weekend, often with a midweek in there as well. Once I realised I wasn't getting 4, I started emailing the appointments sec and basically just...

When United get the builders in to fix the roof, they also need to fill in that moat while they're at it! One of the most dangerous aspects of any football pitch I've ever seen, I can't believe they've not been made to sort it out before. But regarding your actual question - did he definitely...

And now who's not reading someone else's posts? Obviously some pundits somewhere will disagree. I'm specifically not claiming that this is a magic fix that will instantly remove any disagreement from the game. But that already happens and any improvement is still an improvement. So to prove...

You've posted a video of a pundit and a referee having an argument as an example of why this idea won't work. Here's a simple fix to that problem - don't set up a system where pundits can argue with referees. Which is exactly what's being proposed. Any attempt to extend that to what pundits...

I think that's fair. I've done barely any this season due to a mix of injuries and my wife's work changing and my availability changing as a result and I can't say I've massively missed the bug, but there's always a chance of that changing in August. Either way, you gain nothing by just...

There are certainly some fouls that can seem to have multiple points of contact (a tangle of legs for example, or near-simultaneous upper and lower body contact, or a slide where contact is made with foot, then knee, then thigh, then body), so I do think we need to be a little careful about...

Disagree. If the explanation is good, clear and correct, anyone gibbering nonsense in disagreement with it will come across as exactly that. The video you post is irrelevant for dozens or reasons. First (and I'm baffled that I need to repeat this) there will be no right of reply! There is no...

As opposed to what they currently do, which is try and drive a bus through decisions anyway even without any knowledge of what the decision was for? I just can't see any way this could be worse than what currently goes on.

Proof if it was ever needed that the "scrap VAR" argument is now fatally flawed. People will always continue to draw lines on screens, at least with the current system they can actually be useful in most cases rather than a stick to berate referees with post-game.

What are you referencing here? Ex-referees already go on TV to explain decisions - that's what's in the clip you posted. And the change people argue for where the referee explains decisions and/or VAR audio becomes more avaliable isn't going to come with a pundit right of reply mid-game! It's...

That's a complete guess. For a routine offside (by which I mean no weird elements like a defender touch), my understanding is that normal process would be AR sees an offside and communicates with the ref if it's close ("delay") or not "(flag"). Essentially, there are 3 possibilities: 1. The AR...

Despite the LOTG implying that no other signals are permitted, I'm sure we've all seen referees use a "throw in" gesture to clarify it is a throw - either when in the corner and there's a possibility of a corner/GK, or elsewhere on the sidelines when there is an appeal for a FK that isn't given...

That's not a chip on a shoulder, that's just full-on delusion and revision of history. He did the Euros final in 2016 and then was refereeing pretty much every week in the first half of the 2016/17 season including some high-profile games, until he chose to leave for Saudi. His refereeing career...

Arguably, additional comments aren't even read, it's just a leftover field from when written reports were necessary. You can fill in for your own reference in case it comes up (for example, you might want to write "off the ball kick" or "elbow" or something like that to remind yourself of the...

It's nice when I don't even have to bother getting on one of my usual soapboxes because two others have got there first!

I mean yeah, exactly that.