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Dale Johnson in his role as football issues correspondent for the BBC states that Referee Chris Kavanagh and his assistant Nick Greenhalgh have not been selected for a Premier League game this weekend. He doesn't say why but of course refers to the errors in the Aston Villa match adding one I missed, the potential offside of Burn for the Newcastle equaliser. Johnson then goes on to say that Professional Game Match Officials (PGMO) bases its selections on factors including post-match performance assessments conducted by an independent Key Match Incidents panel, ensuring accountability for officials. There is in my opinion an implication there. He does go on to say, "However, despite the criticism Kavanagh is highly regarded and in December was promoted to Uefa's elite list of referees to join Michael Oliver and Anthony Taylor." Absolutely right and he has had a long period of excellent performances.
It is time to move on, wish Kavanagh all the best of luck and hope everyone appointed this coming weekend has a good game and a bit of luck. Some interesting appointments.

Dale does some fantastic work at bridging the gap between the refereeing world and the chaos of the media. Big fan of his.

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Really not a good decision!

It was ruled out, can't quite believe how you can get this so wrong at that level.

I must've imagined the law where even if accidental, you can't prevent the ball going in the net with an arm. I hadn't seen the incident earlier when a friend explained it and I immediately said penalty & caution.

As you've both said, there seems to be nothing of the sort stated in law 12 having re-read just now, so maybe I have made that up (?). Will be interesting what the clarification on it is.

Handball law is a mess as it is without any more confusion, but if you can't score a goal with an accidental handball, I'm not sure why you should be able to prevent one either.