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I missed this game and haven't had time to see the play-back. However, I can say this; if the referee did blow his whistle, it would have been for what he considered a foul and the timing of the whistle is irrelevant. Referees do not blow the whistle for a goal but point to the centre-circle.

Atkinson, Oliver, and Taylor are the only PGMOL officials that excel at refereeing today. You may ask why did Clattenberg and Webb (two excellent referees take early retirement (since they are both younger than Atkinson)? Well, for the same reason why the PGMOL decided to add in these new...

You are entitled to think this about VAR but not in this particular incident. It was the two officials, Simon Beck and Simon Hooper who made a huge mistake here, not VAR. This is the second major error that Beck has made. The other was when he failed to give Milner offside against West Ham when...

No one can blame the ref for the poor England performance, but that should not obviate the need for RWC to conduct a post-mortem about Garces' naive and less than competent officiating at the breakdown. He missed so many penalisable offences committed by SA but seemed to find them against...

I have said this before that Graham Scott as VAR does not have the guts to question the on-field referees decision. He should not be allowed to do VAR. Previously, before a game, some of us have always looked at who the referee is to get a sense of how the game might go. Now we have to look at...

Don't get me wrong, Berry is a very good up and coming referee who has replaced Glen Jackson (New Zealander) as being seen as the future of rugby refereeing. I.m sure it will be Barnes doing the final but one possibility if Wales lose to SA and England lose to NZ is that Owens will get to do a...

I don't think Poite is even in the reckoning. His time would have been four years ago. He's had too many slip-ups since then. Garces didn't do a good job of NZ v SA in the pool game but his handling of the England-Australia quarter-final was very good. I see him being awarded the final in four...

Agreed. Barnes (who with Owens is retiring after this world cup) is the favourite if England lose the semi-final.

I agree with you on Barnes if NZ beat England. But if England get through, it will be Garces or Owens, not Berry. His turn will come in later world cups. Think back to 1987. Kerry Fitzgerald reffed the NZ v Wales semi (the famous 49-ers!) and was given the final between NZ and France. RWC awards...

I could not agree more with this. I have long argued that football has implemented VAR all wrong. VAR needs to be monitored by specialists, not active referees, and since no time has been spent on training and nurturing specialist VAR analysts, it is no wonder that the whole implementation is a...

Was very impressed with Jonny today, particularly on the goal. Doherty is also getting back his fitness and his form. I never thought I would say this but Matt is vital to the way we play under Nuno. Last season, it was Doherty, Donck, and Mouthino (and Neves, to a lesser extent) who were...

Am yau tryin' to Chase me, or some'at?

Have taken in matches in 2003, 2005, 2009, and 2010. Would love to see the current squad in action live but now watch every game on TV. I'm too old now to cover the distance to visit Molineux (I've supported Wolves since 1953), plus the expense has become prohibitive.

I'm a Wulfrunian Canuck, also with little artistic talent!

The collapse of Thomas Cook, owned by Fosun, may help to explain what is going on. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/thomas-cook-travel-1.5293193

It's on B/R Live in the States. Some pub should carry it.

I'm just up the road from Seattle in Vancouver. The game is being shown live on DAZN in Canada, so it must be carried live by a USA carrier. Google will tell you which one.

I definitely think Coady was awful in defending today but I have to say I thought he was missing Bennett and Boly and this made him unsure of himself. I also think he was missing Doherty because Matt always gives Coady the diagonal switch in play. So, the team, particularly the defence was...

Curtone and Doherty played well but our midfield and defence let us down. In addition to how much we need Boly and Bennett at the back, I think we have missed Doherty this season. Let's hope he and Cutrone can kick on and that the other regulars like Raul, Jota, Neves, Rui, etc., can somehow get...

Curtone and Doherty played well but out midfield and defence let us down. In addition to how much we need Boly and Bennett at the back, I think we have missed Doherty this season. Let's hope he and Cutrone can kick on and that the other regulars like Raul, Jota, Neves, Rui, etc., can somehow get...