Whitey Grandad

What have I done to upset you? Did I ref a game you were in or something?

All in here: http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/worldfootball/clubfootball/01/37/04/28/law12-en.pdf Be warned that these interpretations change with the state of the tide and direction of the wind. (Actually that's not true, they are usually only changed in the summer).

Home draws are always a good thing. It was strange watching the draw when they showed the shot from underneath the bowl. I could see our number 12 sitting in the middle and I was willing them to pick it out first.

Pretty much a regular, I believe. Suspended on Boxing Day for reaching five yellows. http://www.leytonorient-mad.co.uk/leyton_orient/player/season_145/lloyd_james_45150/index.shtml

Do you live near Nottingham?

Any chance it'll be on TV?

Yeovil crap enough for you?

Also on http://www.thefa.com

Yeah, think so. 14:00 so any moment now.

When things are 'a matter of opinion' all that you're doing is asking for another opinion because you didn't like the first. There are guidelines which all these referees are taken through at seminars but there will always be grey areas. Ball strikes the hand is a bit trash but hand strikes the ball should normally be a foul in my opinion.

I was thinking of the Championship, not the Premier League.

Might do a job at left midfield.

Or a penalty? All the players seemed to stop playing, ours waiting for a penalty and theirs for a foul on the keeper. I was looking at the linesman in case there was offside.

This one is less of a foul than ours at Everton, but it's all 'in the opinion of the referee' I'm afraid. There are a number of guidelines to consider such as whether the position of the hands and arms is 'natural'. It's supposed to be 'deliberate' but it's not very often that anyone decides to deliberately handball in the penalty area. What you have to consider is whether the player might reasonably have expected that his actions might result in the ball hitting his arm.

I noticed that he was limping and rubbing his right hip from about 11 minutes onwards.

How did this come into the public domain in the first place? The only people who can know for sure what was said are Clattenburg, his two assistants, the fourth official and Adam himself. Experienced lip readers might also have a good idea. The club's reaction can only have come through Adam. So who first made the complaint public?

Very nice. The poor girl looks frozen, she should cover herself up (Any idea who she is?)

I'm sure everybody can remember where they were when they heard that cup draw. I was sitting in the car at Hamble foreshore. I called my daughter straight away, we couldn't believe our luck.

They really should be kept away from football.

Oh, if only, if only...

Unlucky not to score today.

He and Vokes looked heavy to me.

I don't know, most teams seem to come away with three points

Indeed. The coal's still there, albeit a bit wet.

Our reserve CBs are nowhere near good enough. Kelvin looked tiny in goal and got beaten at his near post. Again. Far closer than it need have been. No real atmosphere, too many occasionals and no real 'edge' to the game. Still, a win's a win and you get no extra points for a thrashing. Who do we want next? Anyone at home, for me, so long as they're not as good as Burnley.