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They're calling him 'sir'. I think there's some sort of power imbalance like maybe he's their teacher. There's absolutely no way I would talk to players like that, even at youth level.

Who operates the stop clock?

I've never penalised for this but I have warned keepers, and subsequently start counting out loud, at which point team mates will shout at him to get on with it. If had warned the keeper about 6 seconds and he then takes 14 I would blow. The goalkeeper is a total idiot if he does this after a...

Yes, this. There's absolutely no question that the shirt pulls we are discussing impeded the opponent. Apparently they're not impeding them enough.

Although that looks like an FA document it's actually just for one venue (Stoneham Lane in Hampshire). Some places will not let you on with "Astro" trainers and most won't let you on with screw-in studs regardless of length.

With regard to the shirt pull I think it's a penalty, but I don't think it wasn't given because he missed it. I think it wasn't given because PL referees have been told not to award pens for shirt pulls in the box unless it's ridiculous. Gabriel himself pulled a shirt far more obviously in the...

I thought the ref had a great game. The caution for Joelinton was probably wrong. (And I'm an Arsenal fan.) Great to see a caution for failing to respect the required distance (twice). Very disappointing to hear Gary Neville criticise the decision. Edit: I agree Arteta's behaviour is...

I thought the referee had an excellent game. Gary Neville undermining him in the commentary, displaying his enormous experience of refereeing as usual.

I was a bit disappointed with how long it took to produce the graphic that demonstrates that the decision was correct. On TV at least it was several minutes later. I wonder how they test the accuracy.

On 3/4G surfaces in the UK they will normally not allow flat-soled trainers. Apparently it's better for the surface for the forces to be applied lower down. You are 100% safe with moulds.

I use an apple watch and when it gets wet it's impossible to operate properly, it keeps thinking I'm stopping the timer when I'm not touching it. I now have a large sweatband which I put over it when its raining and that seems to fix it.

It was very light contact between the sole of his foot and another player's chest which resulted from the other player making a (perfectly legal) challenge for the same ball while his foot was raised. That's not a kick, at least not in normal English usage.

I think this actually was before 2016 but I can't be certain. It was a high foot which made clean contact with the ball and ended up making very minimal contact with the chest of an opponent. It definitely would not meet the definition of kick so I'm not sure what DFK offence you'd have to...

Nice one thanks.

A long time ago when I was being observed I awarded an IDFK for "playing in a dangerous manner". It was a classic high foot. There was very light contact with the opponent, but I didn't think it merited being called a kick or trip. My observer told me it can't be indirect if there's contact...

That's why I said the net effect is more correct decisions.

I think it is. The upside is more correct decisions. The downside is ... a delay to get a correct decision?

I don't think unaided humans get 95% of decisions correct. You'd have to know how many decisions VAR would have been eligible to correct over that period to be able to tell. Anyway, having VAR meant there were 42 decisions made good and 6 made bad. So that's a net impact of 36 correct decisions...

Strange as it may seem to you Brian, it is possible to care about how other people are treated.

He says he "brushed it off and went sorry." That doesn't sound like much of an apology.