Group E: Spain, Costa Rica, Germany & Japan

[kancutlawns]

female ref and linesmen in one game

neck tatt ref in the other

society is fucked

Why do female football officials bother you so much?

i like female officials to officiate female matches

is that so bad?

But that's not what you're saying, is it, paolo?
You said that society is "fucked" just because there are female officials in charge of a male football fixture.
A very bizarre stance, if I may say so.

society is fucked

many small parts contribute to it being fucked

you can grasp that, can't you, subsub?

Which society? Thought Maggie T said forty years ago that there was no society in those days. Why are we peddling the myth that there is when so many looked up to that woman?

I miss you, Maggie

Grantham's errr....finest

Why is society fucked though? I see evidence that society is functioning with resilience with people helping charities for those suffering through the cost of living crisis, being understanding and muddling through. Isn’t that was society is?

[Zambo]

Appointing match officials to matches should be based on ability and performance. Anything else is irrelevant.

[subsub]

female ref and linesmen in one game

neck tatt ref in the other

society is fucked

Why do female football officials bother you so much?

i like female officials to officiate female matches

is that so bad?

But that's not what you're saying, is it, paolo?
You said that society is "fucked" just because there are female officials in charge of a male football fixture.
A very bizarre stance, if I may say so.

society is fucked

many small parts contribute to it being fucked

you can grasp that, can't you, subsub?

But I don't see how having a female football official in charge of a male fixture is contributing to society being fucked?
I would have thought it was a positive step.

[kancutlawns]

Appointing match officials to matches should be based on ability and performance. Anything else is irrelevant.

Women officials can be good and they don’t have the baggage of being shit for a long time in an industry where they can’t be replaced otherwise.

[kancutlawns]

female ref and linesmen in one game

neck tatt ref in the other

society is fucked

Why do female football officials bother you so much?

i like female officials to officiate female matches

is that so bad?

But that's not what you're saying, is it, paolo?
You said that society is "fucked" just because there are female officials in charge of a male football fixture.
A very bizarre stance, if I may say so.

society is fucked

many small parts contribute to it being fucked

you can grasp that, can't you, subsub?

But I don't see how having a female football official in charge of a male fixture is contributing to society being fucked?
I would have thought it was a positive step.

It’s just more whataboutery.

[Zambo]

That looked like it went out. Bent FIFA authorities, who would have thunk it.

They changed the ball in and out if play criteria a couple of seasons back. Here is an example. Players taking corners had to ensure the bottom of the ball was touching the line around the corner flag. Now they don't have to do that. As long as the curvature of the ball is level with the quadrant line it doesn't have to be touching.

Same principle for leading up to the Japan goal, the curvature if the ball had not passed beyond the goal line.

Correct...

Easiest way to tell is ask the question, can you see the grass between the ball and the line. If no, then it aint crossed it.

[antdad]

Who do ask that question to as every perspective will be slightly different?

I don't have a problem with the rule as it stands because like goal line tech it is definitive rather than subjective. Like lsat night occasionally you'll have to rely on VAR to over turn an on field decision because it was so tight. They could communicate the decision making process a little better so folks don't look silly but they make themselves look silly by not understanding the rules and the physics in the first place.

[JW90]

We had this particular referee in a European match at Leicester a couple of years ago and she was good.

[Zambo]

Who do ask that question to as every perspective will be slightly different?

I don't have a problem with the rule as it stands because like goal line tech it is definitive rather than subjective. Like lsat night occasionally you'll have to rely on VAR to over turn an on field decision because it was so tight. They could communicate the decision making process a little better so folks don't look silly but they make themselves look silly by not understanding the rules and the physics in the first place.

It shouldn't be different imo. Goal line tech between the posts and crossbar has been around for a while now, with a shot from above or from the side and zoomed in. The rules are very straightforward and is universally accepted.

Same principle for the incident in the Japan v Spain game, it was just the other side of the post.

[antdad]

We're in aggreement except the opposite can also be true in that it's difficult to tell if the ball has crossed the line when a gap can be seen just as it's easy to tell when it hasn't when it is touching.

[Zambo]

We're in aggreement except the opposite can also be true in that it's difficult to tell if the ball has crossed the line when a gap can be seen just as it's easy to tell when it hasn't when it is touching.