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This thread is about the decision to disallow the Liverpool goal for offside. As evidenced by media commentary and discussion on here / other forums, it's a decision that has, unsurprisingly, divided opinion. It's a highly technical and subjective call and one of those (much like the Spurs v...

I think there are parallels here to other foul / no foul situations that have been featured in training videos (UEFA RAP). These distinguish between scenario 1 where player A knew / should have known that Player B's body was somewhere that required them to take care and scenario 2 where they...

Was entirely unsurprised to see this called offside by the on-field officials and once that has happened, no way that VAR will get involved. If a player in an offside position has to jump over or duck under a ball heading goalwards, then it's highly likely to be seen as an offence. For clarity...

Complete consistency is impossible. However, IMO, the current handball approach varies between different footballing bodies in an unacceptably large manner and IFAB need to be given licence to correct this. In simple terms, I believe that PGMO are now (belatedly) doing their best to implement...

Deliberate. And a very tough sell. In a nutshell, deliberately allowing the ball to hit your hand / arm is a deliberate action. But I’d suggest being 110% sure and then selling it with a phrase like ‘he’s deliberately controlled it with his hand’

Any time two players significantly collide it becomes a judgement call as to which way the foul should be given. On the majority of cases, the player not getting the ball is deemed to be the offender. In this clip, the only way I could see a referee justifying a penalty would be if they felt...

One interesting knock on impact from this is that, in law, having a simple retake of a free kick just because the opposing team are not back 10 yards is (I think), not supported in law. You either need to caution for delaying the restart (and then retake the FK) or judge that the lack of 10...

It's entirely possible and allowable for participant on participant OFFINABUS to occur. I've sent off one player for an obvious homophobic slur towards an opponent. I've also sent off a player for walking fifteen metres in order to loom over an opponent lying injured on the ground and shout...

I'd view an indirect free kick inside the penalty area in exactly the same way I would a more typical direct free kick from just outside. The option of a (truly) quick FK certainly exists (and defensive teams have NO rights in these situations). However, I'd advise referees to get to the spot...

As a general observation / reminder, when an additional board time is shown at the end of each half, the time indicated can (justifiably) be 59 seconds less than the referee intends to play. Whilst 'rounding up' might seem simpler (and it certainly happens on occasion) , with both teams able...

EFL appointments are done the Monday before the games. So after (assuming the Grimsby game was in a Saturday)

It's a good example of higher level referees feeling (more) empowered to take strong action against player behaviour when it is more visual and therefore clearer to everyone. It might have been the words used but the referee's body language suggests that the red card was for the overt gesturing...

Overall, I feel this is a great clip to illustrate a slight gap in our overall DOGSO approach. Whilst it's an inexact and significantly oversimplified view of the OP, the overall question in my mind is whether a shot at (a guarded) goal from at / near the "apex point" of the penalty area (ie...

SFP every day of the week and twice on Saturday :)

The four DOGSO considerations don't need to be met. They need to be, as the name suggests, considered in reaching a holistic view as to whether an Obvious Goal Scoring Opportunity has been denied. It's entirely possible (though highly unusual) for DOGSO to be the outcome, even if one or more...

I’d see the safest / best decision here as a defensive free kick for the original challenge. If you choose not to give that, then at the moment of the foul on the attacker, there’s no covering defender in shot. I’d see it as touch and go whether that nearest defender could get back and impact...

In a world of paying spectators, I’d entirely expect negative / unfavourable comments to be coming in the direction of both match officials AND players (usually, but not always, opposition players!). I see no reason why match officials should get any greater protection than the players do in...

Think this is a helpful elaboration. Interestingly, I think a great deal of the subjectivity regarding natural / justifiable comes from differing philosophical start points … UEFA seem to start from ‘it’s a handball offence unless you’ve clearly done everything possible to avoid the ball...

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Overall, I firmly disagree, despite agreeing with most of what you say 😊. The ball absolutely hit the arm and the arm was clearly ‘away from the body’. However, the arm position felt entirely natural to me and totally justified by the body movement being undertaken. For anyone who views it...