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Can't blame the referee though if that is what his bosses are telling him to do. As a very frustrated England fan I thought he was fine, way better than I thought he was going to be.

Risky game is exactly what I thought. I think traditional refereeing would have expected cautions in the first 10 minutes, and lets face it he had opportunities to do so. He somehow got through it though.

Same as last night, the referee wasn't perfect but he got the key decisions correct. I knew exactly what was going to happen, Argentina would commit multiple minor fouls and get away with it, then England would get the first caution. Which is exactly what happened, but Anderson made it...

No keeper saves that, and I was a keeper and a keeper coach, it was past him before he had a chance.

Because the FA Trophy is just for step 1 to 4 clubs, games involving clubs at those steps are minimum L3 referee and L4 assistant. Whereas the FA Cup early rounds have step 5 and 6 clubs, who will regularly have L5/6/7 referees on their games as assistants for their league games.

Agree to an extent, but there's no way on earth an AR can be making a visual signal with his flag in this situation, it was on the opposite side of the penalty to him and the referee was right next to it. There's limited credibility and then a total lack of credibility, and this would be very...

Definitely not that, that will be L3s and L4s only. But if nominated, and you have availability, you should get something even if just an early stage youth cup

Well it is also pretty close to armpit level, but I'd go for it more being not intentional handling, the arm was in an acceptable position. Didn't help that Ms Unkel mentioned the t-shirt line, I had mates messaging me asking why players didn't just wear longer sleeves 🤦‍♂️

Multiple sports journalists on X, including Dale Johnson, are reporting that it was one of the assistants telling him he had got it wrong rather than VAR. Appreciate they were a long way from it but it was very obviously wrong, and with comms they can obviously do it without anyone knowing it...

I suspect, and would definitely like to think, one of his on-pitch colleagues told him over comms that he'd given a totally wrong free kick.

Referees who apply the laws too literally often get themselves into serious issues. I've referred to this before, but I sat on a disciplinary commission years ago where a game had been abandoned by the referee. A team had walked off the pitch in protest at his decisions so he cautioned them...

He couldn't though, and that is my problem. He had moved his right foot so far unnaturally right he really couldn't do anything with the ball, from the body shape he was left in he just couldn't open himself up to pass the ball or make a shot. Had it just been a subtle move of his right leg to...

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.