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We all know if England was a physical side and they have success with it nobody will complain. I mean when Spence instigated the contact against Norway to win a penalty, you had Lee Dixon suggesting that the contact could be instigated but he doesn't care because it's a positive result for the...

Will leave a huge hole in the UEFA refereeing ranks as whilst Kavanagh has been promoted, you have to say out of our referees who got badges, who is next in line to get that promotion to do the CL games? Attwell having a FIFA badge seems a huge waste of time for me as he only does VAR and never...

I do think many people's thoughts on Argentina is masked by history and of course having the audacity to beat England fair and square. Yes there approach is very physical but if that was England and it was successful, apart from a few footballing snobs out there, people will be loving it. I...

I thought the referee has done okay, yes Simone could have a yellow for persistent fouling but both yellow cards are correct for me and whilst it's been a bit niggly and a few handbags, there has not been anything way too aggressive as of yet.

Depends how FIFA/IFAB want officials too see these type of things though. I be more than happy for VAR's to intervene if they feel there is sufficient evidence that a striker is deliberately instigating contact to win a penalty, it is basically conning the referee and should never be awarded...

Difference is the punishment is more severe and a defender has every right to shield the ball out of play in that situation. In this situation what is Spence shielding the ball for for one and secondly he exaggerated a movement to towards the right and actually you could argue he fouled the...

We just have to agree to disagree. I can't see this anything other than the attacker deliberately making an movement to create contact, the defender doesn't cause the contact by attempting to challenge for the ball. In a strange sort of way, I hope Messi does this against England in the semis...

Of course he took his opponent out because Spence chucked his leg in the defenders path to instigate contact, the defender made no attempt to challenge Spence with his legs. Of course an attacker can put there leg across the defender but they shouldn't be getting a penalty for it, it's just not...

This wording of it's a foul but it's not enough of a foul for VAR to get involved is something I can't get on board with because clearly FIFA has a lower threshold for VAR intervention, it is basically if the referee misses a foul and for me it was a clear foul then the VAR rightly gets involved...

I'll be honest I have no idea why the ref even given it, it looked so unnatural and I was amazed when he pointed the to the spot. I think the game needs to clamp down on this and not just back the referee because there is contact. The only reason why there was contact is because the England...

For me anytime a player UNNATURALLY put there leg across like that and there is contact by the defender who has not attempted to challenge for the ball then it's definately not a penalty. The attacker clearly instigates that contact. Well done VAR because I hate this type of cheating and would...

I did spot that(commentators certainly didn't) and as the video above shows the Mexican player just kicked off with the ball at this feet yet your post seem to imply the ref was wrong to blow and give the free kick to England?

Well it is clear and obvious, he kicks the opponents foot without touching the ball, I hate people saying these are not penalties because PGMO don't want these to be given as penalties.

Here we go, penalty for a kick on the foot with no contact on the ball which don't get given in the PL(as it deemed too soft) but in Europe and elsewhere it is a penalty and I do think it's a pen.

Why does everything has to be a conspiracy? I just think the game was too big for him and his threshold for yellow cards was way too high but then you get people complaining when too many yellows gets given out aswell. It's not helpful when there is a lot of players play acting either and...

I think you can see from the pattern of the ball the trajectory does change but it's very slight so yes the contact would be from his hair and if the Croation player was bald, we might of had a penalty shootout instead of a disallowed goal. So yes the right decision was made and the tech backs...

Maybe the referee thought Kane didn't dive but he instigated the contact or he saw Kane kicked the ground which made him fall hence no yellow card, he wasn't trying to deceive the referee by a true dive with no contact It's one of those if the ref gives the pen I doubt VAR would intervene but...

Apart from a name change, What's the major headline difference here, is it implying that referees who are performing well in the Championship this season may get PL games towards the second half of the season regardless of age experience etc? And that we may see more regular PL officials at...

PGMOL will want impact and there is little chance they will see such a foul in this game being seen like that especially given the reaction to our pundits here. If the PGMOL's tolerance on blocking the keeper is this low going into next season, then as it's been alluded too, it will only last...

So is the criteria for a red card challenge is just force only? I say that because I always thought challenges down the back of the achilles are usually accepted as a red card as it's a vulnerable part. I accept there may not of been alot of force used but all the studs were planted, it was...