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Thanks, I see what you mean now.

Tackle at 8:40

Take your point, but thought the original decision was very harsh, and with 35min to go and the game at 2-1, could have had a real impact on Liverpool's season if Bournemouth had got a result, so don't agree that the system worked that well. When you look at this original red card that was...

I read that Liverpool we’re not going to appeal for this reason, so stand corrected

Yes, I had two on Sunday, as was having a sneaky look at the card with what to do if they come back on did it again (which I expected), or committed a yellow card offence! Luckily they didn't!

Yes, you are probably right as I haven’t done VAR obviously, and don’t know the ins and outs of ‘clear and obvious’. Liverpool wouldn’t have appealed this lightly as the ban would have been extended if they had lost, so their legal team must have been very confident in arguing in wasn't serious...

It’s not just ex players and managers, and quite rare for Dermot Gallagher to go against the officials but he explained, "Not a red card, for me. I think the problem here is the referee thinks this is a high tackle but it only becomes a high tackle because both players are there. "If you look...

Don’t think the red card was acceptable at all, and guessing the panel agreed that it wasn’t ‘serious foul play’. I am just really surprised Paul Tierney and the VAR team could look at that in slow motion and not get the referee to have another look. Think most serious commentators and...

Feel for the ref and AR, especially as it's early in the season. The ref would be vilified if he/she said 'hold on, I have the LOTG booklet on the sidelines, let me just clarify'. But other professions do it. I regularly consult a textbook when I am teaching, but referees are expected to have...

Going to print this out and stick in my ref wallet for the weekend, just in case, along with my sin bin card. Better to be safe than sorry

Yes the red card was for one of the players calling me a ‘useless, cheating c word’

Great advice and thanks again. I think next time making sure I keep an eye on where the ball has gone, i.e. has the keeper made a good clearance before the contact, which is probably leaning more towards a good clearance and not a penalty. The other thing I wish I could have changed was I...

So would you still give a penalty if say the keeper got a very slight touch of the ball, but wiped out the player in doing so? Both attackers were Injured in the process. My current threshold is the same as an outfield player, getting the ball is irrelevant if you take out the player doing so...

No sorry, the red card was for abusive language from one of his teammates.

Great thank you. Something to take on board next week.

Had two games this weekend, and two nearly identical incidents. Attackers through on goal, keepers comes out, may or may not have got the ball first, (marginal at best, but don’t see the ball changing direction), but completely wipes out the players. I give penalties for both, as I think both of...

Yes, the big 6 corruption Twitter brigade would lose their minds! They would just default to the 'nobody knows the rules of handball anymore' argument.

Jonathan Wilson is one of the best. Shame the BBC, BT and ITV don't use football journalists like him for their studio analysis, as most of the ex-pros talk absolute drivel, especially when it comes to the LOTG.

A well-argued article here. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/04/jack-grealish-ruling-in-fa-cup-final-further-proves-absurdity-of-handball