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Hmmm. Helpfully ‘possession’ is not even defined in the Glossary of the Laws. So, in that case, happy to go with your view, as it more closely aligns with the regular meaning of the word (outside of demonic contexts 👹)

Given that the team ‘in possession’ is the team that last touched the ball, then I think a deflection off the opposing team (ie a change in possession) would be justification for stopping the game and giving a drop ball?

As a specialist AR I reckon i can manage that 😊

Think I prefer the pithier summary from @CaptainsPlease 😊. The additional reason for stopping play could be if the referee was incapacitated after being struck by the ball (not mandated immediately but certainly possible!). There is also (theoretically) the possibility of a corner kick at the...

If a player manages to hit me ‘in my penalty area’ on a cold winter’s morning, then fair play to them! 😳🙈

That’s a great starter for ten (especially with the edits 😉). And hopefully well illustrates the point I was aiming to make. I’d maybe add one additional reason for stopping play in the first place and add in one, admittedly incredibly unlikely, additional restart ..

I’m far from convinced about this year’s revision to the drop ball law .. as ever, well intentioned, but opens up the possibility for confusion / surprising outcomes. As it’s a quiet week, anyone care to list the possible ways for play to proceed in the following straightforward and entirely...

The GK 8 second introduction is relatively straightforward, as it’s a ‘one off’ with the ball in play. Setting a time limit for any one actual restart would likely be a precursor to a Futsal style mandatory count at ALL restarts. You can certainly argue the merits of this but there’s no...

It sounds from the description like he was fortunate to get a second yellow rather than a straight red! He should be happy … 🤣

Contact clearly starts outside. So the only two ways you can justifiably give a penalty are either to describe it as a holding offence or to say that the contact outside was not a foul but the contact inside was a foul 😊

I would aver,age is also important …

This is unequivocally true at Level 3 and above, where there’s one national list. At Level 4, it’s true in each regional pool but marks in each region might well vary significantly (North v South especially … allegedly!). At 5 to 4, as there is a defined minimum mark required, it’s...

Because obviously, once they get older, players’ knowledge of the Laws becomes tremendous …. 🤔🤨

And I agree too (ooh, that’s almost a consensus!). The deflection off the body that then hits an arm in an unnatural position is the biggest area of uncertainty I have when it comes to judging handball offences. There is unquestionably recent PGMO guidance that supports the non handball call...

25m in 15 seconds is 100m per minute, 6000m per hour. So, 6km per hour. Certainly not much ‘recovery’ at that pace 😊

Was that anywhere close to the time you were trying to disagree with @RustyRef ?!?! 🤨🤔. #thetruthisoutthere

Certainly blowing your whistle before the ball crosses the line (justifying it by the obviously ‘promising attack’) would be a good approach. If the ball has entered the goal, then what you suggest is probably in line with expectations, especially if the ball hit you in the penalty area...

I think that’s a really well argued and coherent point of view. And ties in nicely with @JamesL view that we go against other football stakeholders at our peril. The challenge, in this context, is deciding the boundary between a ‘fringe’ case and the more widespread situations where the...

So, pop quiz in that context, where do we drop the ball if it rebounds off the referee and goes in the goal? Given that this is one of only three reasons to actually give the drop ball in these instances. Remembering that (theoretically at least) the ball could strike the referee either inside...

I've said before, I think the rewrite to Deliberate vs Deflection is a nightmare for officials. Not least because the actual law definition of a "Deliberate Play" is fundamentally different to typical language usage. It's no surprise therefore that all other football stakeholders will look at...