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When have penalties been given for an attacker drawing a foul by bumping into a keeper? I'd say if anything most people on here think the opposite, in that keepers get too much protection.

I don't think it has got any worse, I was going to games well before the start of the Premier League and the abuse towards the match officials was as bad then as it is now. The difference now is there is way more scrutiny with many more games televised, and using far more cameras than they used...

I doubt the appointments have been done yet, or even started, as the extra preliminary round is almost a month away. If you have been nominated you have a reasonable chance of getting a line to a level 4, all comes down to where the games are and therefore who is needed in each region.

As much as I admired Collina as a referee, I'm starting to think that his prolonged time on the FIFA exec committee has affected his judgement. Mistaken identity is when you when get the wrong person, and in this case would be cautioning the wrong Argentinian player for the foul. There's zero...

The problem is that final movement of his right leg, it meant he couldn't do anything with the ball. He couldn't pass, he couldn't shoot, he made such an exaggerated movement to the right that he had effectively given up on being able to play the ball. It was 100% an attempt to draw a foul...

Totally agree, just ask someone who the boss is then speak to them.

I don’t think he did that, rather the only thing he deliberately did was draw contact. In moving his foot so far away from the ball he made it impossible to get a shot away, his only intention was to try to buy a penalty.

If I’m going to speak to a coach before the game I’ll just ask a player I’m passing to tell me who is in charge. Absolutely no idea why you would choose to approach a female first just because she is female.

Whilst I agree that defenders have a responsibility to avoid tripping attackers, I don’t think the Norwegian defender had a chance here as Spence deliberately and unnaturally stepped straight into his path. That said I don’t think it was anywhere near enough of an error for VAR involvement...

I've seen two videos of this, one shows absolutely no evidence of the ball hitting a cable and moving, the other shows a clear change in direction of the ball. They can't both be right so I can only assume a case of fake AI here.

There's possible contact but I don't think enough for a VAR recommendation.

That is somewhat easier said than done when the president of the USA is influencing footballing decisions.

Sociopaths don’t feel embarrassment in the way that most people do, rather they come out with anger or irritation when they are called out for embarrassing acts. That trait clearly applies to Trump and there is a very strong argument it also does to Infantino. They won’t think they have done...

He’s not there so it would be a very long distance smell

I look at it the other way, the bigger nations and clubs get more big decisions in their favour as they spend way more time on average in the opponents half and penalty area. If you spend 75% of the time in your opponents half you are clearly have more penalty appeals for you and less against...

I’m kind of OK with that intervention. Might have been a long way from goal but was sustained holding and dragged him to the floor. I’d rather they didn’t get involved but I certainly don’t think it was wrong, and they were definitely right not to get involved in the supposed foul for Egypt just...

The massive difference is the force that Quansah challenged with, the opponent’s leg was off the ground but had it been planted that could have been horrendous. Way less force in the Balogan challenge. Both red cards but I’d say they are on a very different scale.

A 3G pitch is also solid but you’d still play on it. A frozen pitch is much more dangerous than a dry pitch.

I would strongly suggest people stop using the corruption word, at least unless you have concrete evidence that you would be willing to stand up with in a court. FIFA's lawyers have long tentacles and have gone after individuals in the past for what they see as libellous comments. And to...

Belgium have gone even stronger with a second statement ... Following its previous statement, the RBFA wishes to publicly explain the events of the past few hours. After learning through media reports of Fifa’s decision to lift the automatic suspension of player Balogun, the RBFA sent a letter...