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  1. JamesL

    Maguire hb yay or nay

    Ifab, at least in 2022, would disagree with your take on that.
  2. JamesL

    Maguire hb yay or nay

    It's a reflex action. He's about to potentially get thumped in the chest area by the ball or opponent boot. No way your arms do anything other than that in that situation.
  3. JamesL

    Leeds v Brentford

    Looks a clear pen to me. Only thing I think is that the player has gone down very easy. And I think that maybe sways it on motivation of attacker. That said the action of defender is careless so it's a penalty kick outcome for me.
  4. JamesL

    Maguire hb yay or nay

    Deliberate handball - no Made body unnaturally bigger - no Scored immediately in the opponents goal - no No handball offence committed.
  5. JamesL

    Liverpool v Nottm Forest

    There is nothing in law that supports this so if the referee deemed the challenge to be careless, reckless or excessive force then a penalty should be awarded. It's only grey because at some time someone somewhere applied this thinking and it seems to be one of those myths that have stuck, like...
  6. JamesL

    Tape Advice!

    Any reason you haven't just ironed it on?
  7. JamesL

    Damaged goal posts

    Play on.
  8. JamesL

    L4 Assessment Slump

    Realistically at step 3/4 a referee with an average of 72.5 is reclassification fodder. I don't know what the fix is. I think there are some good suggestions here. I expect it will all change again I the future.
  9. JamesL

    L4 Assessment Slump

    It's not far off on the annual. Not worth looking in the first few weeks as takes a bit to settle down
  10. JamesL

    West Brom 2 game ban for handball

    Clarification on how to reasonably react? Gee I don't know, what about some sportsmanship and say no goal, it went in off my arm... Never happen I know!
  11. JamesL

    Er, lunar interference stopping play?!

    Very ammuseling.
  12. JamesL

    Dutch Referee Blog - Scottish ex-FIFA referee Bobby Madden shares his go-to fitness exercise

    Mine is dead on 70 seconds, 2 years ago, whilst doing km intervals so I reckon I could have gone faster. Not so sure about now. Might give it a whirl.
  13. JamesL

    Whistle blast before 5 second count down.

    You really should follow this up with the RDO and get him to send a clarification.
  14. JamesL

    FA cup

    Can't appoint until replays sorted. Usually appointed in the week leading up to
  15. JamesL

    Whistle blast before 5 second count down.

    🤔 I think if deployed in the way intended the were only counting at the point we would have been getting close to a caution, or reprimand, so we are still vocally encouraging the restart and at a time we would have still blown the whistle to indicate the restart needs to be taken so, yes I think...
  16. JamesL

    Injury protocol

    Yes, and no. Don't want treatment, ok thanks for confirming.. peep. In play fellas let's go... 5 4 3 2 1.
  17. JamesL

    Injury protocol

    That's means he does not have to go off for a minute so looks like you made a mistake on this one. Would suggest ensuring you have read and understood the protocol before your next game. Come back and ask any questions that remain after you've digested it. 👍🏻
  18. JamesL

    Law 5 Clarification

    There is an exception to the 1 minute for this scenario.
  19. JamesL

    my poor Spintso

    Have u tried reaching out to spintso? They might have some spares in a box in the warehouse. They may also offer you a discount on a new watch. Sadly mine died some time back now but I do miss it. What a great watch it was.
  20. JamesL

    Law 5 Clarification

    Don't take it personally. They often reply that something is clear, when that is not necessarily the case.
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