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« on: Mon 02 Mar 2026 01:08 »
On a note away from refereeing, the loud booing from fans at Bankes pausing the game for players to break their Ramadan fast is disgusting.
For a County that is steeped in multicultrualism, it sadly didn't surprise me to hear this at all. It is Leeds, after all.
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« on: Mon 02 Mar 2026 01:02 »
I work in IT and have a background in UAT/PEN testing and would be more than happy to do some testing for you, if needed.
Is it a mobile app release or PC/console? What hardware would be requied to conduct the testing?
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« on: Mon 16 Feb 2026 22:33 »
The “Kav” supporters club are a bit quiet tonight and rightly so, it was a very very poor performance. His assistant were poor too but I find it laughable that some posters are trying to blame most of the debacle on them rather than “Kav” as if he is beyond reproach?
As an aside does anyone else find this growing trend to call refs by these short names, as if they are their best pals, to be rather annoying. I noticed that recently that Simon Hooper is all of a sudden “Hoops”, Andy Madley “Mads” and I even saw Farai Hallam referred to as “Faz” recently.
I wanted to catch all highlights before responding to this posts, and others. Having caught all highlights of all the FAC games this round, I think the wider issue is that there appears to be a unwritten reliance on VAR for the officials who are exposed to it regularly, as across the round there were a large number of suspect offside/non offside calls that you would not expect elite level officials to make. (Marmoush "offside" anyone?) While there were several incidents in the match that Christopher Kavanagh refereed (and I’ll avoid using his well-known nickname to spare myself criticism from anonymous online users), I don’t think the issues can be pinned solely on him. Regarding the handball decision, based on the replays I saw, it looked like there was communication among the officials, and the final call was made collectively. If a referee is unsure, as Kavanagh appeared to be in that moment, they would naturally rely on the assistant referee closest to the incident - wouldn't they?
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« on: Sat 07 Feb 2026 23:44 »
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« on: Sat 07 Feb 2026 23:24 »
If anyone is experiencing Cloudflare/SSL handshake failed errors when trying to access RTR, please note this is an issue with the host, Create a Forum, being inundated with DDOS/bot attacks.
They have enabled an antibot mitigation feature which appears to have improved the forum stability, but some of these errors may remain for some users, while Create a Forum work through their issues.
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« on: Sun 01 Feb 2026 23:27 »
What is the point of VAR if not for the incident of Solanke's first goal? I concede that on first viewing it looked like a clear goal, but on closer inspection, and the very point VAR was introduced, showed that it was a clear and obvious error as Guehi was fouled.
Where is the line in the sand if not for this very type of incident?
There's a lot of things I could say about that decision and many of those before it, but I'll hold my tongue.
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« on: Sat 17 Jan 2026 21:53 »
Barry Knight from Orpington (Kent) was a strong referee, who made it to the premier league, he did use to make me laugh in the early 2000’s because he was so unpredictable. Met him numerous times and did a line for him too. Just AI him and this is what they said
His refereeing style was often described by commentators and some managers as strict and card-heavy. Certain high-profile matches drew criticism from teams and pundits alike due to the number of bookings.
Premier League stats - 74 games 255 yellows 19 Reds
Roger Funindez as a terrible referee, same as Bill Baker, one that I really rated but never made it to the PL was Tony Leake from Darwin…. but I did like Terry Heilbron, the only non premier league referee to ever referee the League Cup Final - Tottenham v Leicester.
It could be a typo or it could be not knowing the place, however, Tony Leake was from Darwen which is near Blackburn in Lancashire and not Darwin which is a long, long way away.
And in the Dec-Feb months, Darwin would easily be more than 40C warmer than Darwen 😂
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« on: Sat 17 Jan 2026 21:46 »
Where is the “glancing nature” of Dalot’s challenge written/interpreted in the Laws of the Game? I’ve looked on the IFAB website and law 12 for SFP indicates Serious foul play
A tackle or challenge that endangers the safety of an opponent or uses excessive force or brutality must be sanctioned as serious foul play.
Any player who lunges at an opponent in challenging for the ball from the front, from the side or from behind using one or both legs, with excessive force or endangers the safety of an opponent is guilty of serious foul play. Whilst I agree the second paragraph doesn’t apply, the first most certainly does. Any challenge where contact is made by the studs on the opponents knee would, imo, endanger the opponent. This is taking nothing from Un*ted, they were by far the better team and deserving of their win
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« on: Fri 09 Jan 2026 04:03 »
Finally caught the highlights and of the "contentious" decisions, I think Tom Kirk got them all spot on. Why Keane feels the need to pull someone's hair is beyond me, and he can have no complaints whatsoever.
A deserved YC to Moyes for his reaction, and then a hilarious second yellow for Grealish for applauding when Tom had given the foul his way. A bizarre collective head loss from Everton, and one I think Tom can really be proud of for the way he dealt with that.
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« on: Thu 08 Jan 2026 22:21 »
I reckon Jarred Gillett has to be in with a very good shout of the Carabao Final this year.
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« on: Wed 07 Jan 2026 22:12 »
Yeah I don't really subscribe to it being a good decision if a VAR intervention is required. The bar is for a clear and obvious error, therefore it was a clear and obvious error to not award the penalty in real time - which I think is a very fair assessment of the decision.
I'd be expecting every SG referee to see and award the penalty in real time. Other that that I thought he was good. Dealt with the Donnarumma flashpoint with the Brighton player well, cautioning both.
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« on: Thu 01 Jan 2026 21:58 »
Couldn't fault a thing. Was consistent in what he let go for both teams, and contributed to a very entertaining 0-0.
I can't really think of anything that was so clearly wrong, which is to his credit really.
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« on: Wed 17 Dec 2025 21:00 »
My M-I-L made the point on the weekend, that we're only two England batting collapses away from Christmas. And it's hard to see past that tbh 
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« on: Wed 10 Dec 2025 21:54 »
A rather unusual performance from Turpin tonight. Inconsistent across the board.
Foden, O'Reilly & B Silva all correctly cautioned, but nothing for the foul from Rudiger when already on a YC?
General foul detection across the board has been hit and miss too with inconsistencies.
Not his usual best, imo.
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« on: Wed 10 Dec 2025 03:02 »
Brilliant tie for Exeter at Man City given their financial situation.
Which will only help them out if the heirarchy at City price appropriately to get people in the gate.
Would be nice if Man City were to pass over a nice chunk of the gate receipts as we have seen other big clubs do in the years gone by.
I'm hopeful they will. The point I was trying to make was hopefully the powers that be price it in a way that means people can actually afford to attend, and there are sizeable gate receipts to send money over to Exeter. Some of the decisions recently, on ticket prices especially, have been baffling.
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