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Even them reaching the semi-final might be problematic for him. And Letexier was good in his game too, French refereeing seems to be in a good place at the moment.

The relevant statistics can be produced instantly at the very top levels if the game, but not when the Dog & Duck are playing the Horse & Groom on a Sunday morning at Hackney Marshes. I might be falling into the obvious trap of remembering the past as being better, but I can't remember there...

I would say that is probably as good a referee performance as you are likely to see. Love the way he is so unflappable and takes it all in his stride, the younger Clement Turpin wasn't like that at all and he has really progressed to be one of the best there is, in my opinion the best in the world.

The hydration breaks don't add to sub windows, you still only get 3 plus half time.

You would get a situation when the ball is out wide that attackers will practice trying to kick the ball at defenders hands. Not for me.

Hardly any force at all used and clumsy more than anything else

That's never going to get given, especially as the defender's foot was off the floor. I can't remember a tournament with so few cautions and sendings off (opening game obviously an outlier), feels to me that FIFA have told the officials to use discretion and common sense.

There's a guy (or girl) on the sideline at every single televised game no matter where in the world who tells the referee, often via the 4th official, when they can restart. They are the broadcast company's floor manager, that is part of their job, i.e. to make sure that the game isn't...

Interesting theory, but wouldn't that just put even more human interpretation into the mix. How long would it take to decide what the xG of the shot was, or what the percentile for avoidability was? My opinion is still put it back to how it was 20 years ago, the referee just decides if he...

Their ISO country code is CW, no idea why but it is, their internet domain is .cw. They need three characters for the World Cup so FIFA stuck a U in there.

Agree, some are more strict on it than others. Go to somewhere like Bedfont Sports in West London and they are very hot on it, to the extent that they keep a box full of boots of all sizes for when people turn up with the wrong footwear.

Agree, pretty certain that players would have asked for treatment without the law change. And there’s no doubt that the throw-in and goal kick changes are massively speeding the game up.

I personally think the ball would have been much further forward, probably closer to the next line in the grass, before he got the shot away. But again this is why I said I'm OK with the decision and happy that VAR stayed out of it, it is very subjective.

And that is where it is subjective, you think it is clear DOGSO, I don't. But that backs up the decision for VAR to not get involved, it was subjective. Understand what you are saying about the first DOGSO but he fouled him, he probably didn't mean to but he did and in doing so he denied an OGSO.

Fair point, I just don't think there was anywhere near enough violence in it. If we are sending off that that there are going to be red cards at most corners where players are constantly coming together and waving arms at each other.

No, because DOGSO has far more considerations than whether the attacker would have got a shot away. It probably ticks most of them, but moving directly towards goal would be the argument, he was going wide and the shot would have been from a very tight angle. As I said though, I have no issue...

I personally don't think it was DOGSO, but I can see why he gave it. Without the foul he is getting a shot away, albeit from a fairly tight angle, and for that reason I don't think VAR can get involved. Although VAR did get involved for the potential VC and I didn't think that was a clear and...

I actually thought she was pretty good, as the commentators said you don't usually see that many cautions in a friendly but she realised that Costa Rica were being too physical and dealt with it. I can see why she gave the first penalty, I would guess she thought there was leg contact so if she...

As others have said, it will come with experience. One thing I've seen new referees do a lot, and it took an assessor telling me to know that I did it myself, is looking at the ball as it is in the air. Nothing is going to happen to the ball whilst it is up there, but there is likely to be a...

Devil's advocate, who would be paying to put their logo on the sleeves of referees at steps 2 to 6? Crowds are minimal, there's no mainstream TV coverage, what exactly would they be getting for their up to £500k that you suggested? On the comment of £200k not putting much in the dent of the...