Whitey Grandad

There was quite a discussion between the referee and his assistant so his flag wasn't just taken at face value. It would enhance understanding if the officials could explain their decision making after the game.

Far too close to give it. Go and learn the Laws of the Game and then take a course in refereeing. No video referee would have overturned that decision.

Not handball. Far too close to give.

Yes, poor decision from the assistant.

That wasn't handball and no video ref would have ever overruled the on pitch decision.

I have played several hundred games and refereed about half that number. You?

No clean sheets since he joined.

Yeah but he would have been injured in September But I agree, management is more than one man.

Not enough goals, especially at home.

Highest number of crosses in the League? https://www.premierleague.com/stats/top/clubs/total_cross?se=54

And wouldn't Spain have to come to our defence?

Fourteen goals? It feels like a lot less.

Any article that starts with a factual inaccuracy like that cannot be taken seriously.

And even then we'd only have drawn.

No need to blockade Gibraltar when they could invade. They could just march across the runway when the traffic lights changed from red to green. We need to send in the SAS to seize the traffic lights control centre and make sure that they stay at red.

The ref is much closer and sees everything in 3D and much higher definition. Slow motion is the most misleading view you could ever have and zooming in doesn't actually give you any more information. Also TV never shows you all the other clues as to what takes place, where the players' eyes are looking, what is said, what is heard, whether the movement looks natural or is manufactured. The referee has the best view in the stadium. You should try it sometime. Video gives you a different view, not a better one.

You have highlighted some of the problems with laws that were intended for a game of sport played all over the world at vastly different levels of playing fields and abilities. The offside law, as currently written, does not suit itself to technological implementation. It was originally aimed at preventing goalhanging.

Subs have ruined the game. Not as much as TV though.

The referee always has a better view than the TV. Judging whether it's a dive involves getting into the mind of the alleged diver. What if the player is just trying to avoid what he thinks is coming? And remember that a lot of the laws are just 'in the opinion of the referee', not 'in the opinion of all those watching on the tele'.

Yes, but far better than watching on TV.

St What?

Penalties are extremely difficult to judge on TV. Diving even more so.

Who knows. The stamp might have twisted his foot or stretched his arch underneath. Or he might have damaged it subsequently.

Ball in or out of play. That's all we did on Sunday mornings