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right guys, close the forum. We can never discuss subjective decisions again

I assume this was Arteta stood on the touchline blocking Porto from taking a throw in? This is typical Arteta, does it everything game and referees do nothing

Really poor example of the 8 second rule at the end there. Keeper parries a ball in the box, takes 3/4 steps and then does the Pickford knees to the floor in the motion of picking it up. Gets up snd runs toward an attacker and complains there’s a striker there before the referee finally puts his...

It can also come from lack of suitable hydration. Plenty of water (coconut water is very good for this sort of thing) helps alongside what’s been suggested above

Theres no way to observe something consistently if the thing you’re observing isn’t consistent in itself. We’ll all referee games one weekend with different styles, different teams, different incidents etc so there’s an element of luck to observer reports. We can’t lay the blame entirely on...

I think they should have added that opposition players have the leave the penalty area when the ball is in the goalkeepers hands. My concern is that when a keeper is grounded, or even stood with the ball in their hands they’ll have an attacker lingering around trying to stop the ball being...

Does anyone have a list of the dates and locations for the fitness test in July? I don’t have a copy of the email sent out a few months back

Correct. Which is why the forest situation is a coincidence, not a cause.

It’s a mere coincidence. As the screenshot above showed from yesterday, Bowen collided with the post and cut his head open. Not a word mentioned because there was no refereeing impact, yet an injury occurred due to someone colliding with the post. The media have pushed a refereeing agenda for...

What would that fix? If they had that in the final then the 2 possible outcomes are: - Palace don’t challenge - Palace challenge and referees don’t overturn because they feel it’s not obvious The debate of no red card continues

You’ve totally made that up. He looks over both shoulders, turns and makes a pass. He’s clearly looking at players around him. He also has no interaction with the assistant referee stood right next to him by the touch line. He has no idea it was handball. There’s also no reaction from the...

I’m not suggesting they make a decision based on appeal, I’m just pointing out that even the player challenging for the ball hadn’t realised it was handball

To be fair, Haaland is challenging for the ball and there’s another city player a few feet back and neither appeal. It was a split second decision and nobody realised it was handball until the cameras picked it up.

There’s a difference between not understanding/applying law correctly and getting it wrong.

And he’s just doubled down on that Linekar: on behalf of VAR they are saying it’s not denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity. I know that’s not defined in the laws of the game, it’s denying a goal scoring opportunity. You’d have thought they might have told him at half time …

A man confidently quoting a law in which he has no idea about the wording. This is why we have no chance when it comes to spectators and pundits.

I can’t believe all the pundits think haaland is going away from goal. It’s baffling. If that ball isn’t slapped away from him he has an easy pass into an open net.

If Wenger gets his way then this would have actually be onside. Would we be blaming him following the injury?

My whole post was tongue in cheek. My overriding point is we’ve got a striker who’s ended up in a coma and the focus is a delayed flag. If that striker is onside the outcome is the same because he’s smashed into a metal post full pace and the medical team allowed him to continue. This could have...

So do we also stop added time as that’s more opportunity to get injured? This is an overreaction for one injury. Call me ridiculous but maybe the FA should review the fact we’ve got footballers running at 2 big pieces of metal on the pitch rather than a late offside flag if we’re concerned about...