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Remember it’s GW1. We’ve seen tough application of this stuff before, only for it to filter out after a few weeks

Not necessarily. In could be a minor shirt pull people potentially don’t see. And even then, with the amount of cameras at stadiums these days, whether that be TV or people’s phones, not too much gets missed. If they’re terrified of people being shocked, release the audio from the officials...

Football League game; 90th minute, 5-0 score line. DOGSO offence outside the area. Are you going to not send the defender off as people may think you’re being over officious and ruining the spectacle?

There is a definition of when the goalkeeper is deemed to have control. That is then contradicted by the 8 second law. If the goalkeeper having control is different to when you start the count, that needs to be defined in law. As things are, the referee was technically correct in that clip, if...

Is this genuine or were you on the wind up?

I part agree with you. There is a lot less respect for authority nowadays. However, senior officials are only making things worse by not taking action when they’re on a larger stage than a grassroots official

Cautioning someone for dissent as a first caution is all well and good- but it’s also a lot simpler. Officials need to have the bottle to do it when someone is on a caution already. It’s difficult to tell grassroots referees aka amateur referees, to use all of their tools when they see their...

Of course this causes a spike at grassroots. Those at grassroots copy what they see on TV. Whether that be players, spectators, managers or officials. And I don’t blame them. If you see the professionals getting away with it, why shouldn’t someone at grassroots? The higher echelons don’t...

How have we got to a position where officials need to allow themselves, and then fellow officials, to be abused in order to further their career? Is that really a healthy working environment?

This is exactly the discussion we had on the initial thread about the 8 second change. Law says it’s once the goalkeeper has control. Law the has a definition of the goalkeeper having control. Then the 8 second law seemingly has a different definition, without specifically saying there is a...

How exactly do you know what football expects? Who is the judge of what football expects? The officials making a decision does not necessarily mean it must be correct. Otherwise Howard Webb wouldn’t have to come out multiple times a season to apologise for mistakes

I’ll agree with you there. However, this is a prime example of PGMOL not caring. It’s weak officiating, caused by weak leadership. But it is the caused by even weaker leadership within UEFA/FIFA/IFAB We discussed it al length the other week how this captains only thing is a load of rubbish...

This is a prime example of PGMOL either being weak or not caring about grassroots

Whilst I agree with you that this will probably disappear, rarely to be seen. The countdown isn’t guidance, it is law.

You’re right. Actually did a slight typo on my comment. It should have said ‘it’s over very obvious dissent at least’

Don’t agree. This is very very obvious dissent, even without the cameras. He’s hardly whispered it. Then you add the hand movements into it

Weak officiating, but comes as no shock. Coming from the area of the country I do, I’m more than accustomed to being able to manage/take/turn a blind eye of foul language. F*ck off in general is a term players tend to use when the don’t agree, but it all comes down to context and how it is...

Whoever they are, they talk far more sense……

I’m not saying you’re right or wrong, but out of interest, what is it that makes you agree with the 2nd yellow?

Thoughts on the second yellow on 30 seconds and penalty at 1:48?