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Think managers and coaches need to look at the tactic of putting somebody on goalkeeper, rather than blaming referees and VAR. Always a high chance it will be a foul on the keeper or/and offside.

Similarly, I got pulled up on looking at my watch too often. Probably unconsciously looking down, so try to avoid doing that now.

The first half was littered with players holding their heads after minimal contact with Guimarães and Paquetá being the worst offenders. I think the ref had probably had enough by that stage, so let the free kick be taken quickly.

Thanks for the reply, really appreciate, as this is pretty much what I did. Was in a decent position and didn't see contact, so goal stood.

That is fantastic advice, as next season may be my first one with scored observations, so already worrying about missing things like this!

I was joking about disallowing the goal, as I would clearly play the advantage. I am still a bit unclear about why the defender could be penalised for stooping down. Has anyone given a free kick against a player doing this, as you state for "threatens injury to someone (including the player...

That would have caused a proper uproar. Disallow the goal and give and ifk to the attacking team instead. In one fail swoop annoys both teams equally! Tempting to give that a go next week if the same thing happens.

Can’t see how this wasn’t given as a penalty? Seems like a clear high kick into the chest. Is there some sort of unwritten rule that anyone doing VAR cannot override any decision on-field by Michael Oliver?

But the defender stooped down to head the ball, so I didn't think the attacker foot was in a dangerous position and there wasn't any obvious contact

Yes, probably should gone for the safe option and given it, but couldn't see any contact between the forward and defender.

Had an incident today. 1-1 in a semi final cup game. Corner to blues, and ball bouncing around in the box. Ball is about 3ft off the floor, and red defender stoops to head, forward nicks it off him and I think he then scores or another player. Reds are screaming for a foul, but I said that is...

Re He is a qualified referee on Gladiators.

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Genuine question. If the ref had blown for a Sterling dive or any other infringement say an offside, would Romero’s tackle not come into play and play is reset? Or does ‘serious foul play’ or ‘excessive force” still count?

I had an excellent mentor come and observed me as a level 6 ref on Sunday. He told me at half-time to use my voice more, and cut out a lot of the hand signals, like waving them for a non-penalty. I said, I like this sort of thing as Anthony Taylor does it, and I don't use my voice all the time...

Have watched two of the rugby QFs this weekend and the use of VAR or TOM is absolutely light years ahead of the Premier League. Even a situation in the England game where the referee called on another official to look at the big screen with him to make a call on a yellow card knock-on. Audio...

But seems to be an issue with VAR and Michael Oliver, as they clearly didn’t want to intervene and tell him he has made a ‘c&o’ error, as he is our top referee.

https://x.com/skysportsnews/status/1711816987175788797?s=46 Bizarre justification and a bit desperate from Webb, just a week after Simon Hooper had absolutely no problem sending off two Liverpool players

Ridiculous setup where VAR officials seem to be intimidated by Michael Oliver. That’s we need all the ‘mate’ stuff out of the equation. I still go back to Howard Webb’s decision to let Oliver and England go and officiate in the UAE mid season, and just before big Premiership games has...