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Playing devil’s advocate here, but at the moment of the handball, it is not a supporting arm. It is about 20cm off the ground. Have they given the penalty on this technicality?

There is an unwritten rule which means that a team is always allowed to take a corner, or complete an attack - even if time is up. Liverpool benefited massively from that. It's been mentioned before, but time wasting could be completely eliminated by stopping the watch when the ball is out of...

Konate DELIBERATELY plays the ball. Fabinho DELIBERATELY slides in and plays the ball. These are the last two touches before Benzema receives it. HOW can this be offside?

I’ve just found out that FIFA have rules in place that prevent men from refereeing international women’s games. Surely this is discriminatory? Imagine the outcry if the rules were the other way around e.g. women can’t referee men’s games, but men can referee women’s. We live in modern times...

This is a really interesting one. Assuming that all relevant players are at the correct distances then as soon as the ball hits the ground it is in play. The law now says this So in this case it looks like a literal reading indicates that as it was West Ham’s dropped ball, it should have been...

I _do_ understand your point. I was making the point that it is actually benefitting the defensive team to commit a penalty foul in this situation. Which is a bit weird?

Something is not right here. I don’t think you can go back and give offside if the original decision was a corner? We would have the following scenario: a) Attacker was fouled but was offside = defensive free kick b) Attacker was NOT fouled but was offside = corner (VAR protocol does not...

Always brings a big cheer in my household when they go over to ”our refereeing expert”, Peter Walton. Wondering how he is going to justify the latest incorrect decision. And then wondering how he is going to backtrack once the decision has been overturned by VAR. All part of the entertainment…

I appreciate it's currently outside the scope of VAR. But it shouldn't be. If we are going to have VAR at all it should be to correct OBVIOUS errors. I'd rather it corrected _this_ than some of the "armpit" offsides.

Wow! That is the first time I've ever seen a free kick awarded for a foul by the referee! This is exactly the situation VAR _should_ be getting involved in, rather than the armpit offsides...

I know this is quite an old thread now, but I was watching this incident again last night and something occurred to me. 1) Referee blows whistle for free kick to be taken 2) Dunk takes the free kick 3) Referee blows whistle again, whilst ball is in play In the penalty area. Technically, is the...

I’m with you! I have absolutely no vested interest in either Brighton or West Brom, yet I was shouting at the television and hitting the sofa in frustration when I heard the “I think Welbeck may have been in an offside position” comment. SO frustrating! The ignorance of commentators and...

I can empathise with this. I have rewound a whole half before to add up the amount of stoppage time that should have been added. It’s just insane how wrong the timekeeping can be. At the higher levels, I would favour the approach of stopping the clock when the ball is out of play, and only...

Which also rules out a player heading or kneeing a free kick... :)

Does the VAR protocol allow for a yellow card here? The referee clearly didn’t see the incident in real time. After going over to check the monitor I thought the decision has to be a red card or nothing?

OK then, I can clarify that the PIOP received possession of the ball before being fouled. So an offside offence was committed (albeit not seen by the assistant)

There was an incident in yesterday's TH v CHE game where a player ran through and was fouled just on the edge of the penalty area. The player had run from an offside position but this was NOT flagged by the assistant. The referee awarded a free kick. This was then reviewed by VAR to check if the...