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And the probable reason for this is because they want to see more goals scored, though this then smacks one in the face when a goal is ruled out from VAR because there is a minuscule offside by a toe-nail (I appreciate I am over-exaggerating) & an apparent limited level of tolerance.

And when is the L3 Assessment day date?

They work as far as I am concerned though there definitely has been a drop off of use, especially with L4 Referees, though I don’t know why this would be the case, unless it’s because fines are now attributable. However, like most things there is a skill for their usage - picking the right...

True and some they have not tweaked since becoming IFAB which need clarification/nailing down.

Also, many on the PL & EFL were all L3 Referees & became specialist AR’s viz Wilks, Hopton, Howson, Nelson, Bartlett, Bennett & more I can’t remember at this moment of time. Main reason being that they have more chance of getting to the top - albeit not as a Referee.

I’m just thinking the game is going in a direction I truly do not like. I get GLT & to a certain extent VAR (I just wished they had implemented clear & obvious from the outset), even semi-automatic offsides (but with an appropriate tolerance level), but SAOT would open up another can of worms &...

As has happened with encroachment of outfield players etc at a penalty kick (impactful or not & if not carry on).

Exactly - spot on.

May not be over yet. HMRC have 56 days to decide whether they want to appeal.

Adam Kenton was there as Referee’s coach which may suggest something!

Although most supporters in this country would disagree I still think that our officials are overall just as good if not better as anywhere else. The grass is not always green on the other side - they need to see before they speak. I would accept that those that are say in the top 5 in the...

Good question, but Rusty is correct in that it has virtually always been the case for as long as I can remember & it doesn’t matter what tweaks are done to the Laws or any additional guidance provided, Europe/UEFA/European Referees continue to do the same thing with the same/very similar...

Mr Knight (as you refer to him) & I have had cross swords in the distant past, but not in recent years & overall, I think he is a good egg & certainly works hard (which includes him being a PGMOL Observer on Saturday’s & Sunday’s), though there are still things about the scheme I am not overly...

Good point & I suspect they could.

Fair & reasonable comments though as to the last para, in an ideal world you would think so. However, because I wasn’t appointed to a game last Saturday, I went to a game purely as a spectator with officials I had observed during the season on a fixture that needed the Home team to win to have...

From a purely development point of view I can see where you are coming from, but from a Referee/AR point of view I think that now more than ever before, they need to know where they stand in making their way through the pathway (assuming that’s what they want to do). In my days as a Referee (&...

Absolutely & i do feel sorry for some ARs these days with sometimes the small amounts of advice they are expected to provide, though they always have to be in the right place throughout, which some do not do.

Fair enough. I can understand your rationale with specialist AR.

On the aspects you refer to in this comment and the one previous on this occasion I disagree with you about the worthiness or not of Observer reports on a Referee’s performance. I am not saying it’s perfect & there is the question of consistency between Observers as well as possible north/south...

Good point and main reason why this has not happened before now. I can only imagine the FA are confident in appropriate numbers being reached/maintained.