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Will wait for the full analysis on MOTD , where the screen will be bigger, but he motions towards the ball, and this seems to impact the Fulham keepers dive that seems to stutter. Other clips on Twitter showing Harry Wilson being pulled back by his neck to deny a DOGSO at 0-0. Should be some...

Really can’t see how the player isn’t deemed to be interfering here? VAR again under the spotlight. But really surprised the on-field team didn’t give it. https://x.com/hojlundpr/status/1697985856408047901?s=46

Park it and move on. You can watch MOTD and EFL highlights to realise that the top referees are not rational robotic machines that get every decision right. Sounds like the report was really positive.

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https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2023/aug/30/swedish-third-tier-team-torns-if-find-offside-rule-loophole-video?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Can’t see this catching on, but interesting interpretation of the offside law.

Can 'whataboutery' all day long, but I think he was filmed using the F word and refused to leave the pitch, so banged to rights regarding this rule. I think Twitter is the place for 'what about'

Quite a few E3 charges last month on here https://www.thefa.com/news/2023/aug/04/fa-charges---july-2023-040823

Fair point, but not then booking Gordan for doing the same, and allowing persistent fouls by Joelinton, just wasn’t great from a consistency point of view. But I am fully aware that from the 70’s onwards referees at Anfield haven’t necessarily made rational decisions and have been swayed by the...

Would love a bit of xDogso. I thought in the Man Utd DOGSO red card, Forest had a covering defender, so xDogso would be high! Is 1.2 a good number? Isak 0.7!

Spot on analysis. I know the old boring rant of 'all we want is consistency' is really tiresome, but think this was the case on Sunday. If you set your stall out by booking TAA then that needs to be continued throughout the rest of the game.

https://x.com/lfctransferroom/status/1696269793983107249?s=46 Hands up to being a Liverpool fan, and think VVD was a red card, needed a few angles, but they showed one on MOTD that he clearly took the player before the ball, so a careless tackle and DOGSO, I think the thing that annoyed fans on...

Don't think this is going to help much

Yes, very weird logic, as he said in the interview that Anthony Taylor didn’t sound impressed, and said that he should have sent him to the screen. He said both managers had been booked and didn’t want to cause any more grief, but don’t think Conte could have argued if Taylor had given a...

Thank you. Yes, the Twitter chorus of 'corruption' is just ridiculous and needs to be ignored, but an admission that decisions could be influenced by 'non-rational' factors should be discussed. Maybe full-time VAR operators who are completely independent of referees may be the way forward...

It’s a really good interview that covers all aspects of refereeing, shame he was so honest about the VAR call.

The problem is that referees on VAR are mostly making subjective decisions, as are referees, and like all humans we are not rational and we don’t act like robots and always make the right call. So that thought process, (getting into psychology and behavioural economics here) could often be based...

I had to read it a couple of times to make sure it wasn't a spoof or a joke site. Mike Dean obviously has something to sell or a career to further by making these comments but does referees no favours at all. However, I still don't think the 'clear & obvious' error rule is watertight and needs...

https://x.com/telefootball/status/1694783982552965576?s=46 This is the problem about the ambiguous ‘clear & obvious’ errors, as this is open to interpretation, as Mike Dean, not clear and obvious decision was based on him not wanting ‘to sent his mate to VAR and get him into trouble’. I am...