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  1. JamesL

    England v Ghana

    Ghana won the ball in an appealed challenge so my guess is the referee spent too long waving that away and coupled with a quick counter attack was totally lost positionally.
  2. JamesL

    Mexico v Czechia

    No. I liked the post to acknowledge the loophole..I'm interested in whether it was missed here or there was something else at play.
  3. JamesL

    Mexico v Czechia

    Was the substitution tactical?
  4. JamesL

    Penalty shootout coin toss proposed change

    Also Villa and Leeds have away fans along a touchline as opposed to behind a goal.
  5. JamesL

    England v Ghana

    They probably also had to check the APP as there was a potential foul (it wasn't) on Eze when Ghana won the ball at the very start of the attack so additional layer of complexity. I guess they have to clean the penalty first and then look at APP but it was cleared very fast. I cant help but feel...
  6. JamesL

    England v Ghana

    It's a pen and on opposition to most I thought the ref got the Pickford one right. Mrs Ls summary was "not as good as the other one, the other night"
  7. JamesL

    England v Ghana

    If you're not guzzling Powerade you're not doing it right.
  8. JamesL

    England v Ghana

    Think they are referring to the 60s off the field of play.
  9. JamesL

    England v Ghana

    It didn't make much sense. Could have dealt with the injuries and not had to add any time on. Also Bellingham no idea how a dropped ball works. First of all wanted to kick it back then once it was on play held his hands up to say I'm not challenging for it despite now being allowed to... 🙈
  10. JamesL

    All this counting

    Not deliberately no. Your saying in the same breath AR counting 8 7 6 which I have misinterpreted as applying to all restarts less CK. I understand that there will be occasions where position is impacted but not as impact fully as you are describing imo. There are solutions to the problems you...
  11. JamesL

    All this counting

    Also on this topic why hasnt corner kicks been included? That's often a time when attacking teams delay taking a restart to waste time.
  12. JamesL

    Belgium - Iran

    If it's for an offence before the restart doesn't that lead to the restart being retaken? I don't think you can review a possible block / hold, identify no offence, but then review the distance from wall at restart? I'd have to look more closely again at the changes around restarts and the...
  13. JamesL

    All this counting

    Maybe I am not understanding you. You seem to be indicating that 8s is being enforced at every restart? This is fundamentally wrong and not consistent with the law or the protocol that accompanies it. 8s applied to keeper control only. The 5s applies to when we would have previously blown the...
  14. JamesL

    Improvements in refereeing

    Locking as duplicate. Threads only need to be posted in one sub forum @Tobi
  15. JamesL

    Level 4 fitness test

    In what context?
  16. JamesL

    All this counting

    There's no 8 second limit for restarts and theres no pre-determined time to start the count.
  17. JamesL

    All this counting

    Yes, thats what am referring too. You can often be hanging around for 2 seconds before realising the keeper intends to go long at which point you have to count, have eyes on the keeper and striker hanging round whilst trying to get to the obvious drop zone they will aim for.
  18. JamesL

    IFAB changes for 26-27

    Don't worry about me I can multi task. I don't think it ever appeared in law. It was always in the guidance notes. Im assuming the exception for players to remain on field of play still exists so surely there still needs to be some guidance on that? Or do I really need to stop posting and RTFL?
  19. JamesL

    All this counting

    Restarts are not a break for the ref. And counting isnt going to have an impact on fitness/recovery, no sir. 1 thing I did see and probably did myself was when poorly positioned to start the count, having to count and make up ground/position looked and was awkward
  20. JamesL

    IFAB changes for 26-27

    Pipe down in the back
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