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They work as a team and are constantly talking, that is just how comms works. Before comms then absolutely the assistant referee would probably wait there to see what the referee did before making a signal, but they don't need to do when they can give their view that no one else can hear. In...

Not really, as he gets the ball and it is then just natural football contact which Maddison makes the most of. Had he just got a slight touch on the ball and then wiped out Maddison carelessly or recklessly it would be a penalty, but he didn't. It isn't a penalty, and most certainly wasn't a...

This was just covered on Mic'd up, and the audio played out pretty much as I thought it would. Chris Kavanagh immediately says he didn't see a foul and there was no indication an AR had. Darren England on VAR pretty much said he thought it was a foul straight away, then seemed to talk himself...

It really didn't on the replay, he clearly toed the ball away

Agree, and I keep coming back to the fact that people wanted VAR to correct mistakes, and I dare say this incident would have been classed as such a mistake pre-VAR had the goal been allowed. For me it is a very clear foul, and if Chris Kavanagh has said to VAR that he didn't see the arm across...

Trust me it isn’t, as anyone doing that will be having a 14 day rest 😂 I’m not convinced the arm across the body is a foul, but the pull of the arm definitely is. But unless I missed it they didn’t show Kavanagh that angle so he was going purely on the arm across the chest.

Which probably ties to the old law of it not being an offence if it deflects off your own body or that of an opponent, and if I'm being honest I prefer that law. Taking it a step further I'd personally remove all wording from the handball law and just put it back to the referee deciding if it...

I may be many things but I am very IT savvy and professionally trained in forensic IT investigations. Sadly that training failed me on this occasion as I missed it, but luckily two other admins were on the ball and spotted you had multiple shared IP addresses with Runner Ref, the chances of...

Thanks for your comments Runner Ref

You really need to get out more if you have time go back trawling through peoples' posts to try to prove a point. Or you have an incredible memory, but anyway ... I said that IFAB had issued guidance on the practicalities of the 8 second law in terms of when the count should start, at least I...

I'm also in that camp, i often find that a warning of do that again and you're going off for 10 minutes does the trick, and often even results in an apology. Whereas I can't remember that ever happening with a threat of you're going in the book if you do that again, and to a lot of players a...

But if you have been watching the site you will have also seen people say that it is silly to have this dumbed down football rules to cater for the masses, even more so when they don't keep one up to date with the other. Ultimately the laws of the game are the source of truth, and there is...

I'm pretty sure that VAR don't have automatic access to every camera in the ground. That's why they regularly refer to checking the broadcast view.

Simeone wasn't any better. That very nearly blew over at the end and if it had the 4th official would have been culpable, there's a big gap between the technical areas at the Emirates but I saw at least 3 occasions where Arteta was in the Athletico area. This really needs a directive from the...

Especially as it was shortly after a SG2 referee acting as VAR had told Anthony Taylor he had got a decision wrong and to go and review it.

Some step 5 / 6 leagues have their own badge that they ask you to wear on their games. But get the county FA badge and you can just stick the league badge on (if they have one) with double sided tape.

The broadcasters do share the footage with VAR, we often hear AVAR so he has checked the broadcast view. But if Sky only found the view that showed there was a touch 20+ minutes after the incident happened then clearly that view wasn't available to VAR.

Contact was low and that is what saved him, feels very much like a referee's call incident. If not given VAR stay out, if the referee gives it VAR still stay out. The offside is baffling, probably the best and most consistent AR in the country for a long time. Did he definitely raise the...

Won't work in England as there is no chip in the ball

What I will admit to doing as a player, especially captain, was to use my experience as a referee to try to influence the referee’s decisions. I’d be his best mate on the pitch, praising him and telling him not worry when he got something like a throw in wrong. But when there was a big decision...