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Why Don't Assistants And Refs Talk?

It was a ridiculous decision to disallow Roland Lamah's goal for Swansea against West Brom on Saturday, but it could have been prevented by communication...

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yorkref (West Ham United) says...

The ref and AR's are miked up and are in constant communication. Whilst I accept that the wrong decision was reached it is all about angle s into play. The AR gave his decision on what he saw at the time; if the ref obviously did not it differently or could not be certain....officials cannot guess but only give what they see from the viewing angle they have.

Posted 2:10pm 13th March 2013

duckman says...

JODA - To be precise, Law 14 states "the defending goalkeeper remains on his goal line, facing the kicker, between the goalposts until the ball has been kicked". Further clarification of this Law says that movement sideways (along the goal line) is acceptable and there is no requirement for the goalkeeper to remain still before the kick is taken. Just sayin'

Posted 1:54pm 13th March 2013

1234567891011 (West Ham United) says...

You don't know that they didn't communicate. It seemed like the assistant was slow to flag, suggesting to me that the referee told him that the ball was played by the striker.

Posted 3:27pm 12th March 2013

JODA (Manchester United) says...

Dear referee, Some imprecision in your critique below, I think! "A good yard or two" : a 100% difference could make all the difference! And, "the keeper moving" is not illegal, as of course you know. But, if critiquing somebody's performance against the finer points of the law, it behoves legal precision in the critique. JODO Earlier in the game, at 1-1, West Brom missed a penalty, and the thing that struck me about that was not the award, but how far Michel Vorm was off his line when he saved it. When the ball was struck Vorm was a good yard or two out of his goal. You could of course argue that on virtually every penalty-kick, players enter the penalty area and nothing is done, but I'd suggest that the assistant's sole job at a penalty is watching whether the keeper moves, and he failed to do so.

Posted 1:41pm 12th March 2013

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