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It's ok if I lunge in two footed, provided I get the ball first

Yet again, the problem stems from professional players diving / cheating. Years ago they would have easily got a pen for that, but these days it's hard to tell whether the holding has impacted their moment, or if the striker has just thrown themselves to the ground with the slightest touch

I guarantee, once the season starts, they'll be crowds in the professional game that will be doing the countdown loudly for the referee to hear when the opposing keeper has control of the ball, once their own team has had a corner awarded against them

Eventually ? I think it already has. And that's just one tournament 🤔

It shouldn't just be grassroots, but as usual the professional game sets an awful example and makes it difficult for refs at other levels to enforce it

can't believe she missed that one just now, though. Surely the whole point of this is to stop keepers from timewasting and dragging out games to pens etc

I saw one given by a ref in one of the first games. None since

Berger for Germany just took 15 secs !!!

Well yeah, defenders don't help themselves when they're cuddling strikers

True. It did seem quite soft, especially given some of the fouls she let go

They don't seem to care about cautions, though. They rack them up all the time. However, wouldn't going down to 10 players and potentially harming the teams chances of gained the 3 pts there and then, be a much better punishment ?

I wasn't overly impressed. I know she was trying to let the game flow, but there were some bad fouls she missed, which could have led to it spilling over. I think the occasional word with a player on public display would have shown everyone she had it in control.

Who checks for players entering the box ? I'm sure there was an England player in the D !

Therefore, the question is, why were they only made an option for youth, veterans, disability or grassroots football ? I agree with Pembroke. We now have a two tier system

You guys had many instances where this is happened, and the goalkeeper is the 2nd last defender ?

Good question. There were refusals to introduce laws a few years ago, where the the FA stated it couldn't be done because the game should be the same at all levels....then this appears !

Another initiative that's doing it's best to improve player behaviour at grassroots, but once it starts getting ignored at the professional level, it'll fall away like all the other campaigns ? 🤦‍♂️

Yep. That was in the 70's....doesn't apply these days !

Sounds like the type of challenge that if their team did it, the supporters would say it was hard but fair, yet if it was the opposing team it, they'd say it was dangerous 🤦‍♂️

Wasn't she holding her head, even though the contact wasn't even on that part of her body ? 🤦‍♂️