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The “6 of one…” thing… there’s really no such thing as two simultaneous equal fouls - as a get out of jail. Tussling for the ball, competing, jockeying, hustling - all good. But if two players are fouling each and one comes away with ball - you have to react. Not necessarily with a whistle...

When the ball is in the air, that’s your chance to move, and don’t watch the ball, watch the players. You know football well enough to know instantly which two players are jostling for the drop - you don’t need to watch the ball. Just focus on them and getting side-on (on your diagonal ideally).

Too much Talksh**e I think. Darwin Nunez. Rasmus Hoilund (sic). This is what you find in the dictionary under poor run of form.

Your own safety absolutely priority #1. A smart prematch about mass cons will start with this. Own safety, avoid getting in the middle of players, stand back, look for numbers, if you are AR2 especially look for anyone coming a long way to get involved (like a GK 50 yd dash), if you are AR1 try...

Well, as said, the “only the captain” is working I think. Subtle but it’s making teams think about it and giving us more tools. And IMHO it is helping. Maybe I don’t want to claim “working” because I’m only @30 matches in and only 3 have been 11-a-side;). Ask me again in June when I’ve done...

12.2 sorry to mention futsal again… futsal referees have to count “every” restart. And it’s done consistently to keep play moving. I think it will work OK in football. That first three seconds will be elastic I imagine… it’ll be much longer for 99% of kicks. And most refs will only start to...

3.10 we have been doing through this futsal season and in the winter leagues and pre-season for our season proper that starts after Easter. Sometimes we are last with changes, sometimes first. We got trained at the start of the season to be conscious of unnecessarily approaching players. And to...

I’m in the pen and no goal camp here. With replays I think they are easy calls. At grassroots a handball in front of the face like that is an easy sell I think. And it’s the striker. Hb, 2 touch, goal is immediate.

What does this AR thing mean?

Seen it now. 2 shirt pulls, attacker goes down, penalty. VAR shows bad angle. Overturned. Joke. That’s in the bottom three moments of VARce for me. Awful.

Really interesting case. Can players really hit the goal reliably from halfway? Is that obvious? Asking for a friend;)

…the second pic is about the latest you could take a snapshot. In both pics the other defender is closer to the goal than the attacker. I think there’s serious doubt about distance from goal and location/number of defenders. I think VAR has rerefereed an acceptable decision here. Arsenal...

I think that’s the start of the foul. I think the other defender should be factored in. The

Interesting case. Does the GK off the line make it a more likely DOGSO? I don’t know based on the considerations.

The 4 considerations don’t include anything about the goalkeeper being off his line. I think there were significant enough doubts over distance from goal and the location of the other defender. I would have been happy with yellow. But this was also a very difficult decision. Very rare. And we...

Ok I’ve switched to the PWA (Professional-match-game-officials With Attitude!) and it’s good;)

I am on iOS. For the last week -ish when I come to (world’s greatest) Refchat I have to reinput my credentials. The site is mot keeping me logged in and my phone’s pw manager is not prepopulating the log in fields, so I am manually logging in every time😒 Just wondering if there are new...

Yes. And I am a bit hacked off about it but I can’t cause a fuss. It’s not worth it. I got an 8.2. Watching the match back could have even been an 8.4 as was difficult. But easy 8.3. I gave two correct penalties, movement was really good, other cards were good. This one advantage didn’t accrue...

I think they spend most of their time posting about their misapplication of law and receding hairlines on refchat!!! 🥁🎺🤩

Wasn’t really a trick. And the observer I have known for 13 years and has given me hugely valuable advice and looked after me with some terrible beginner mistakes. We have disagreed on a few things but he’a a genuine observer. His speciality is being very clear on yellow cards and missed yellow...