Quote Originally Posted by Brin View Post
I too officiated for many years so fully understand what you are saying. However, where it was a 'close' call and very fine margins, I often gave the attack the benefit of the doubt. What made my position easy making those decisions was when neither club would run a line for me so the sole decision making rested with myself, no arguments from either side.

What got to me was how the County player was easily on side before he headed the ball in to the net, poor officiating.
Second incident, even if the assistant referee missed the first offence the second was there to be seen and annulled. Poor decisions all round.
The part about giving the attack the benefit of the doubt is still the case I believe Brin? Which ironically the linesman for the disallowed goal for Notts County didn't do, but the linesman for the Coventry 3rd goal did do. I wouldn't have said the county player was easily onside, but he was definitely onside. Also for the Coventry 3rd goal, I wouldn't say the players were easily offside , but they were definitely offside, however ,fine margins eh?
All would have been picked up on VAR and we wouldn't be talking about wrongly disallowed goals or goals scored that shouldn't have been allowed.