Whitey Grandad

yup, unbelievable. Clear two yards of daylight from my angle.

I come back to my earlier perhaps philosophical point that the game is not played with technology but human beings. The flag went up, end of.

Because that's what the bloke with the flag does and nobody else matters.

Well perhaps he did? Look again at the part about 'head, body or feet' and see if Jay's head is not nearer the goal than the defender. Arms and the bits on the end of them are ignored. 'Clearly offside' doesn't come into it, he's either offside or he isn't. I will admit that my view when running the line was that if you had to think too long about it then don't do anything, a bit like pulling out from a side road.

Nothing in the Laws about that. Level is onside, that is all.

Offside if 'Any part of the player's head, body or feet is nearer to the goal than the second to last defender' http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/worldfootball/clubfootball/01/37/04/27/interpretation%5flaw11%5fen.pdf

No they're not. They could just be stumbles.

Not usually. You have to watch everything at the same time, which is of course impossible, but you can shift your glance very quickly from the kicker to the receiver. It's also very important to maintain your position level with the second to last defender. As a referee I often had to work without any linesman and have a lot of experience of judging offsides from a central position. I must admit that from my position in the central Kingsland it never occurred to me that Jay was offside but having seen the tv replays I cannot say that the linesman was wrong.

They do no such thing. Even with all the technology the evidence is inconclusive. In my opinion you cannot say that the linesman was categorically wrong.

This explains it: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4341233/Womans-best-sex-at-age-28.html

Half your age plus 9 I thought it was. That would make my ideal woman something over 40. Apparently.

There are too many variables, part of the body, angle of view across the pitch, timing of the pass. Don't be fooled by the white lines they put on the freeze-frame, they too are open to interpretation. If the linesman is the same side as the players then it's even more difficult for them. The only safe thing is to make sure you're a yard onside and play the pass at the right time.

I don't think that either of Gastón's were enough for a penalty and you could say they were just stumbles so not bookings either.

For the second of the two blatant throw-in mistakes I saw Adam ask the linesman why he gave the throw to Newcastle. The linesman pointed to Atkinson saying that he gave it.

If you need a video replay to make a decision then by definition it's a close call and you can't really say the lino was wrong to give it. Offside is never an exact science.

Not allowed to show anything controversial, such as a penalty claim.

And he gave us a wave when asked. How many fingers was it?

It never even occurred to me that he was offside. As a referee myself I usually support the officials but some of the simple decisions today were quite plainly wrong. Never a penalty, either of them. Clean sheet at last - lovely!

What are the women like?

Please, this is not good for my heart.

Southeast England is one of the most overcrowded 'countries' in the world. Too many people everywhere. 432/sq km which is not as bad as Bangladesh, I grant you, but places us above the Netherlands in about fourth place, ignoring the city states and other tiddly islands.

It's the penicillin that keeps me going.

It was discovered, not invented.

Overcrowed.

Not everything is positive. When miniskirts appeared tights followed soon after. Before then they all wore stockings and suspenders.