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Are you deliberately trolling here? Nowhere in the OP does it say that the goalkeeper was off balance, just that he handled the ball whilst the ball was in the air, yet having not seen the incident you're confident enough to say that the ref got it wrong. This forum is meant to be constructive...

Ignoring the decision itself as it sounds like a definite YHTBT moment, I think I'd have taken the same approach to the caution that you did. Unfortunately at that age you're very likely to get an emotional reaction (e.g. crying). One approach that has worked for me in the past is to say...

Just looked and I've apparently now been here for just short of 11 years! :oops: It can be lonely out there as a L7 with no local RA, so this forum has been a great sounding board for me and I'm certain I'm a better referee for having been here. Massive thank you to Ross (and all the other...

Interesting one in my U13 game at the weekend. Penalty awarded to reds which is saved by the keeper and immediately bounces out to another red attacker who puts the ball in. All fine, apart from the fact that the attacker was about 3 yards into the box when it was taken, so I blew to disallow...

This really wound me up last night. I totally appreciate that you’ll never get consistency between referees and across games, but at the very least the referees have to be consistent across a single game. No issue with the RodrI or Bernardo cautions in isolation, but Bruno committed a late...

Absolutely the right decision. Well done!

I like the collar but the buttons have always felt flimsy, so was hoping the collarless shirt would be an improvement. Apparently not!

A very first world issue, but has anybody else had any issues with the pockets on the current Nike shirt? I keep my notebook and pen in my shirt pocket and on multiple ocassions this season both of them have fallen out of the pocket mid-sprint. This has never happened to me with any previous...

I just don’t see that challenge as a red card. It’s a little bit high, but there’s very little force and I don’t think there’s an argument that it endangers the safety of an opponent. Yet another example of VAR stepping in to correct something that isn’t a clear and obvious error.

There’s no world in which that should be a penalty. It’s clear simulation from Jota and should be a Newcastle FK and YC to Jota. We seem to have arrived at a point where contact means there’s not a clear and obvious error, which defeats the whole object and simply cannot be right.

A perfect example of what we're up against. For as long as there's a significant (and vocal) portion of society that thinks referees or those in authority deserve what they get simply by being an authority figure, nothing will ever change. A sad indictment of modern society.

Gets worse every time you watch it. Two feet off the ground, totally out of control and clearly endangering the safety of an opponent. Robinson didn’t even give a FK in real time so can’t have seen it properly (which I don’t blame him for as he was wrong side), but I don’t understand why VAR...

Off topic, but this reminded me of one of my favoruite sitcom sketches ever... Back on topic, there's no way I'm taking a call from a manager to complain/question a decision after a game. If you have a question and can be respectful I will happily speak to you on the FOP at the end of the...

I agree with you to an extent, but I think this is a moot point here because Haaland did play the blind pass and he did find Grealish. All of your points are absolutely valid if he blows at the point of the foul or before Haaland plays the pass, but he blows once (at least in my opinion) any...

Waited until this morning to comment so I could take my City head off and put my referee head on to try to understand how Hooper made such a bad error. What I'm really struggling with here is the point at which Hooper stops the game. If he'd blown immediately after the foul it's a missed...

I don’t get why VAR is stepping in there. There‘s a little bit of contact but I don’t think there’s enough for Wilson to go down, and it’s potentially even simulation. Not C&O by any measure.

I can’t get my head around how not one, but two, professional referees can look at that challenge and conclude that it was a penalty. Horrendous decision.

Is it mandated that the the coach has to be given the opportunity to remain if they're the only responsible adult? I've unfortunately had to dismiss coaches a number of times, and there's very few of those times where I'd have felt safe or comfortable continuing the match with the dismissed...

This might be one of the craziest games I’ve ever seen. Think the offside/red/penalty is all bang on and a good use of VAR. Completely lost on how Udogie wasn’t sent off. Two footed, totally out of control and clearly endangering the safety of an opponent. If Sterling doesn’t see that coming...

I think he’s definitely in lucky to be on the pitch territory now…