The ref has to read the situation. Sometimes in a situation like this if you allow the dissent it'll just get worse, or sometimes they'll lose...
Somebody earlier said the police are involved..is this confirmed? If so, then it may allow a means for the FA to take action against the player...
It's a no brainer, but a lot of AR's would still flag it. I agree with AlsoRan about an itchy hand - although even before FIFA tinkered I still...
Just to throw a spanner in the works, I will point out that a shot being fired off does not NECESSARILY mean that the advantage has been...
General advice is not to call advantage in the PA.... ...unless it's a blindingly obvious one! Seems like this was the 'blindingly obvious one'...
For offside purposes a player who's left the field is considered to be on the line. Fouls? not so. That's according to the FIFA Q&A
I thought the ATR was the US version of law - fair enough! The ATR does sometimes disagree with other country's interpretations of law, but...
Refmike - we haven't allowed daylight since god knows when, if ever! What I was referring to is that you have a more specific document that you...
If something like that happens again then the only thing you can do is shut up and accept the referee's decision. Even when the referee's wrong,...
I get it most (along with a 6 second breach) in O35 from keepers who have never played before. Other than that it generally just comes from...
As I said in my post - it's not just a case of different areas putting different emphasis on mechanics - it's different areas having different...
JA's answer makes no rational sense at all. Who cares who's further past the goal line - the laws state 'nearer'. IF the defender is on the goal...
If perpendicular to the field, then have it field side. If facing the field, then I've always been taught to have it in your left hand (if...
You can't possibly tell from this video. The best you can hope to achieve is an academic discussion - but the same discussion has been held...
No foul However, I do think the attacker was feigning injury. He looked up at the ref, THEN acted hurt. I will add that in the heat of the...
I agree the first was simulation. See him jump up? Actually, see him hit his leg with his other leg to make him fall? Thing is, on a part, at...
I don't see how you can possibly get anything unsporting or illegal out of that.
I think part of the problem is that the referees tend to react to the players a bit...they call foul throw when it's spinning, eventually the ref...
Just noticed that Merk is still in...wtf?? How is Merk performaing better than Ivanov? Not surprisingly there seems to be too much politics...
Ivanov has been dropped from the WC. What an absolute disgrace by FIFA and the referees committee, they should be ashamed of themselves. How...
I can't stand this argument. Rugby league, rugby union and cricket have such a system in place (don't know about american sports). Naturally...
This was the only part of your post that made me want to respond. Contact doesn't mean there was a foul. Grosso deliberately chose to initiate...
Watch the video again. Gross started to go around the Australian - and could've, easily - but he then moved towards Neill, deliberately falling...
Re: Alex Prus: We can't know what FIFA is telling (the WC referees) behind closed doo Typical. It's the ref's fault that players are getting...
There's a difference between an act that's unsporting and one that isn't particularly sporting. The former are cautionable, the latter aren't....