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my suggestion would be to draw a triangle from the ball to both posts - if you're offside within those lines then you're off, no ifs/buts etc - makes it crystal clear and will help stop a lot of this tomfoolery on corners

we've spoken about this before i'd advocate for a panel to sit and rule on dives like this and hand out bans/discipline sanctions etc i especially hate the diving during defensive actions to 'win' free kicks

I like that suggestion

2nd one is definitely a yellow for me The first is a really foolish action by bernado, but he does go down like he's been shot

"Penalty goal" is the only fair/moral outcome that could be written into law

it's not - there is zero case/justification for a caution currently (the action is not reckless/dangerous etc.) you're suggesting any intentional action of foul play that is done to score a goal should result in a yellow card? that argument has some merit but i dont think it's workable in reality

because you're interpreting the law in (quite clearly) a way they're not written. it's clearly for handball goals, this is clearly not a handball, and you clearly were referring to this situation when you said "there's an argument that what Haaland did should be made a mandatory caution" -...

there is obviously no argument for this whatsoever

Imagine restarting with a Liverpool free kick - there would be genuine carnage. There is no advantage to the shirt pull by the Liverpool player as, clearly, haaland isn't going to score after the initial shirt pull. That's literally why haaland pulled him back Appreciate your arguing the law...

Don't think he was

Yep, penalty goal, no brainer

Big fat L O L I don't see any other outcome in law, not the right outcome morally though

that'll be because there isn't one, maguire dives knowing the ref will give the defensive free kick (because that's what we as refs, not just at the top level tend to do) 'we' (royal we) are so quick to give soft / safe fouls like this when there's zero chance if the roles were reversed you'd...

100% it is, but modern refs will use the spa get out as a reason not to caution someone, especially early in the game as this was

interesting thought...same applies from all restarts inc long throw ins (unless they go quickly)? i like it just thinking of the practical application!

Nah just spa (off the ball)

Disappointed to hear that this is in the UK... Text has been deleted now (assume not by you) but dogso sounded right to me, keeper out of goal is always likely be be an obvious goal scoring opportunity. The reckless tackle, probably you had to be there to see it, that said sounded more yellow...

Is this UK or somewhere else?

I think it's poor they'd send it to you like that. At best I'd have summarised the questions and asked for your observations, sending you the whole 'report' is of no help to you. That said I'd keep my response clear and concise and reference law, eg "the team notes that a reckless tackle was...

How did you find out about this appeal? I'd certainly be writing significantly less as well in any formal response