Referee Watch

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

That daft rule about allowing the game to continue when someone is clearly offside needs binning.

Every man and his dog could clearly see that Elanga was miles offside yesterday but the lineswoman allowed play to go on which led to Taiwo getting injured which led to on pitch confrontations etc etc.

It could all have been avoided with some common sense.

[Salvatore Matrecano]

That daft rule about allowing the game to continue when someone is clearly offside needs binning.

Every man and his dog could clearly see that Elanga was miles offside yesterday but the lineswoman allowed play to go on which led to Taiwo getting injured which led to on pitch confrontations etc etc.

It could all have been avoided with some common sense.

Absolutely yes. Actually the Leicester players were clearly making that exact point to the ref.

[Sausage Roll]

That daft rule about allowing the game to continue when someone is clearly offside needs binning.

Every man and his dog could clearly see that Elanga was miles offside yesterday but the lineswoman allowed play to go on which led to Taiwo getting injured which led to on pitch confrontations etc etc.

It could all have been avoided with some common sense.

I totally understand the rule if it's marginal. We've benefitted from it a couple of times ourselves. But that didn't look marginal yesterday - nothing like it.

Poor T doesn't have much luck.

[Username]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen it work in favour of the attacking team.

[wassy04]

If nothing else it also wastes time as sometimes you play on for 30 seconds before it gets called back and you don't get that time back.

[Woan]

If nothing else it also wastes time as sometimes you play on for 30 seconds before it gets called back and you don't get that time back.

Take that 30 seconds and it becomes almost a full minute by the time the defending team takes the free kick. Agree with you and Sniffer completely on this.

[Paplane]

That daft rule about allowing the game to continue when someone is clearly offside needs binning.

Every man and his dog could clearly see that Elanga was miles offside yesterday but the lineswoman allowed play to go on which led to Taiwo getting injured which led to on pitch confrontations etc etc.

It could all have been avoided with some common sense.

I totally understand the rule if it's marginal. We've benefitted from it a couple of times ourselves. But that didn't look marginal yesterday - nothing like it.

Poor T doesn't have much luck.

I think the procedure is that if it's not marginal the the lino shpuld stick the flag up. Not all situations play on. This was bad judgement by her. She's normally pretty decent so this is suprising.

[Ciscokid]

That daft rule about allowing the game to continue when someone is clearly offside needs binning.

Every man and his dog could clearly see that Elanga was miles offside yesterday but the lineswoman allowed play to go on which led to Taiwo getting injured which led to on pitch confrontations etc etc.

It could all have been avoided with some common sense.

I totally understand the rule if it's marginal. We've benefitted from it a couple of times ourselves. But that didn't look marginal yesterday - nothing like it.

Poor T doesn't have much luck.

I think the procedure is that if it's not marginal the the lino shpuld stick the flag up. Not all situations play on. This waes bad judgement by her. She's normally pretty decent so this is suprising.

Not her fault at all. Changes to the laws or the application of them are made during the close season by the FA/UEFA. Clubs are advised of changes and helped by referees to understand them. Yesterday's assistant referee simply followed her orders. This law does need changing though mainly because it creates unnecessary risk to the players.

[Paplane]

That daft rule about allowing the game to continue when someone is clearly offside needs binning.

Every man and his dog could clearly see that Elanga was miles offside yesterday but the lineswoman allowed play to go on which led to Taiwo getting injured which led to on pitch confrontations etc etc.

It could all have been avoided with some common sense.

I totally understand the rule if it's marginal. We've benefitted from it a couple of times ourselves. But that didn't look marginal yesterday - nothing like it.

Poor T doesn't have much luck.

I think the procedure is that if it's not marginal the the lino shpuld stick the flag up. Not all situations play on. This waes bad judgement by her. She's normally pretty decent so this is suprising.

Not her fault at all. Changes to the laws or the application of them are made during the close season by the FA/UEFA. Clubs are advised of changes and helped by referees to understand them. Yesterday's assistant referee simply followed her orders. This law does need changing though mainly because it creates unnecessary risk to the players.

"When an immediate goalscoring opportunity is likely to occur and there is a tight, marginal offside call, the assistant referee should keep their flag down until the passage of play is completed."

[Reds73]

That daft rule about allowing the game to continue when someone is clearly offside needs binning.

Every man and his dog could clearly see that Elanga was miles offside yesterday but the lineswoman allowed play to go on which led to Taiwo getting injured which led to on pitch confrontations etc etc.

It could all have been avoided with some common sense.

I totally understand the rule if it's marginal. We've benefitted from it a couple of times ourselves. But that didn't look marginal yesterday - nothing like it.

Poor T doesn't have much luck.

I think the procedure is that if it's not marginal the the lino shpuld stick the flag up. Not all situations play on. This waes bad judgement by her. She's normally pretty decent so this is suprising.

Not her fault at all. Changes to the laws or the application of them are made during the close season by the FA/UEFA. Clubs are advised of changes and helped by referees to understand them. Yesterday's assistant referee simply followed her orders. This law does need changing though mainly because it creates unnecessary risk to the players.

"When an immediate goalscoring opportunity is likely to occur and there is a tight, marginal offside call, the assistant referee should keep their flag down until the passage of play is completed."

Is 5 yards tight and marginal !

[Paplane]

I totally understand the rule if it's marginal. We've benefitted from it a couple of times ourselves. But that didn't look marginal yesterday - nothing like it.

Poor T doesn't have much luck.

I think the procedure is that if it's not marginal the the lino shpuld stick the flag up. Not all situations play on. This waes bad judgement by her. She's normally pretty decent so this is suprising.

Not her fault at all. Changes to the laws or the application of them are made during the close season by the FA/UEFA. Clubs are advised of changes and helped by referees to understand them. Yesterday's assistant referee simply followed her orders. This law does need changing though mainly because it creates unnecessary risk to the players.

"When an immediate goalscoring opportunity is likely to occur and there is a tight, marginal offside call, the assistant referee should keep their flag down until the passage of play is completed."

Is 5 yards tight and marginal !

That's what I'm saying, it was neither! Poor judgement on her part. I've seen the flag go up loads this season when there's clear distance between the attacker and defender.

[The reds]

The refereeing directives seem to change every couple of weeks. Some offsides were flagged straight away earlier in the season even if it was tight as Forest have had a couple onside that were flagged. Now they are not flagging a clear offside

PGMOL need to stop giving different instructions every week. The rule book needs to be updated in the summer and only the summer.

Also I have an issue with the semi-automated offside. When they show the image it isn’t in line. Every other league has it where it is in line but the PL don’t.