I don't know about your crystal ball, but I've believe this is the best way to address issues with heading without materially changing the game by...
Thank you for saying that more articulately then I could. It appears that the issue with some is that he shouldn't be criticizing other refs. I...
Well obviously your disdain for Keith Hackett is much greater than my disdain for Mike Dean. And just for the record I never claimed that Hackett...
Ironically, Hackett played a large role in improving the fitness standards for refs when he was in charge at PGMOL. He went to great lengths to...
Soucek is a class act. https://talksport.com/football/831122/west-ham-tomas-soucek-support-referee-mike-dean-death-threats/
As I clarified in my 2nd post I was speaking of his perspective as PGMOL chief vs. current tenure which happens to be Riley's. The reference to...
Excellent point about the environment today, but please don't put words in my mouth. I never claimed that Hackett was a refereeing god, in fact I...
Hackett has been pretty critical of the current PL refs for sometime. Can you blame him though as there has been an apparent decline in the...
You were the one that claimed I had the bone to pick without addressing any facts. Not that that justifies responding in kind with the apologist...
That's pure speculation based on his body language. To claim that, you absolve him of any accountability for his actions. What's that we used to...
In this case, you can't scapegoat VAR. Dean made two atrocious calls in the span of a week that have been quickly and unequivocally overturned....
Kudos to the FA for overturning the red card. Maybe they did it for $$$, but hopefully they did it because the game can't condone flopping...
Dean fell for Mitrovic's simulation hook, line and sinker. That's two weeks in a row of blatantly bad calls. Attacking players can't wait for...
I have a layman's question/suggestion. Why couldn't offside be based on the position of the feet of the attacker and defender? It seems to me it...
Maybe in the eyes of a ref, but not in the eyes of the players who the game and the rules are designed for.
Very fair assessment. You wonder if they had called "offside" if it would have been overturned as "clear and obvious", whatever that means this week.
Technically a correct non call, but clearly not correct in terms of the "spirit of the law".
Any touches on the ball are good but based upon our experience I just don't see much development benefit from playing indoor soccer. There is...
Not uncommon for soccer coaches to dislike their players running cross country or track. Some reasons legit, some not. All of the distances that...
I don't pretend to know what's the best age to work on body and running mechanics. I just know it is often overlooked by coaches and when I see a...
I'm not questioning the fact that a kid can still be effective despite poor running mechanics, they can be. But if they can be more effective...
I'm not in favor of working on running mechanics or technique as a separate drill but as part of "on the ball" activities. I'm not pretending...
https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/55361/why-no-laps-and-other-fitness-health-insight.html SA: Should running laps still be part...
Not true. It's not uncommon for kids to have improper running technique. Watching a kid run around with with floppy T-Rex arms drives me...
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