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That last free, he didn't blow for the 'first' foul, blew for the obvious round the neck free, spoke to linesman, free then given for first free (which you can't do) and thankfully he missed

What is it there that the ref can't do?

Would blowing for the second foul not constitute a break in play during which the linesman could alert the ref to the first foul?

Once the referee has given a decision and has sounded his whistle to restart play, he shall not alter that decision.

Once he's blown and made a decision (rightly or wrongly) he can't change it

Different if he blows for a free and waves his hand in one direction when it should have been the other, that's common enough in games but everyone knows.

This was different. He didn't blow for the Johnston trip, play went on and the Down player grab the Armagh lad around the neck then he blew.

I thought the first was a free in fairness so the right thing happened in the end.

He'll be pulled on a few things, but the helter skelter of these games will provide mistakes all round

Not trying to be argumentative, BUT. Being pedantic really.

Is the "not blowing" of the whistle not a decision in itself, which he should not change?

While I did find the refereeing exasperating
The game it self was even more so and I suspect it would have been a nightmare to officiate.

In this instance he blew only for the second foul, after sounding his whistle and giving his decision, he then was confronted by the linesman and changed it.

There is nothing in the rules to say he can do that

Would he only be allowed to overturn a foul for foul play?

Can only overturn the foul for retaliation after a foul and give a hop ball.. nothing else

That last free, he didn't blow for the 'first' foul, blew for the obvious round the neck free, spoke to linesman, free then given for first free (which you can't do) and thankfully he missed

What is it there that the ref can't do?

Would blowing for the second foul not constitute a break in play during which the linesman could alert the ref to the first foul?

Once the referee has given a decision and has sounded his whistle to restart play, he shall not alter that decision.

Once he's blown and made a decision (rightly or wrongly) he can't change it

Different if he blows for a free and waves his hand in one direction when it should have been the other, that's common enough in games but everyone knows.

This was different. He didn't blow for the Johnston trip, play went on and the Down player grab the Armagh lad around the neck then he blew.

I thought the first was a free in fairness so the right thing happened in the end.

He'll be pulled on a few things, but the helter skelter of these games will provide mistakes all round

Not trying to be argumentative, BUT. Being pedantic really.

Is the "not blowing" of the whistle not a decision in itself, which he should not change?

While I did find the refereeing exasperating
The game it self was even more so and I suspect it would have been a nightmare to officiate.

In this instance he blew only for the second foul, after sounding his whistle and giving his decision, he then was confronted by the linesman and changed it.

There is nothing in the rules to say he can do that

That last free, he didn't blow for the 'first' foul, blew for the obvious round the neck free, spoke to linesman, free then given for first free (which you can't do) and thankfully he missed

What is it there that the ref can't do?

Would blowing for the second foul not constitute a break in play during which the linesman could alert the ref to the first foul?

Once the referee has given a decision and has sounded his whistle to restart play, he shall not alter that decision.

Once he's blown and made a decision (rightly or wrongly) he can't change it

Different if he blows for a free and waves his hand in one direction when it should have been the other, that's common enough in games but everyone knows.

This was different. He didn't blow for the Johnston trip, play went on and the Down player grab the Armagh lad around the neck then he blew.

I thought the first was a free in fairness so the right thing happened in the end.

He'll be pulled on a few things, but the helter skelter of these games will provide mistakes all round

Late goal/winner for Chelsea disallowed. Pochettino thinks the decision was unbelievable but the ref missed a push in the back in the lead up to the goal and for me the correct decision in the end.

Is that 'foul' a penalty at the other end?

But the ref had a curry in Birmingham recently and had to 'ignore' it due to his affliction to curry's

[Genuinely shocked at how much credit people are trying to give down. They turned up to play as little football as possible, and when they did, were largely terrible at it.]

Down goals were a comedy of errors defensively. There was some running and handpassing in the build up, nothing more.

Genuinely shocked at how much credit people are trying to give down. They turned up to play as little football as possible, and when they did, were largely terrible at it.

Agree with that, they setup to make sure armagh couldn't play, and were aiming for a smash and grab, which they nearly got.  Some alright passages of play to be fair, but as a whole they weren't good

Armagh were brutal too

I wouldn't butter that display up with Down were negative and that's why blah blah..

Teams set up against Dublin most games to dull it down..

It's how you get past that tactic and Armagh were found wanting for 70 minutes

That last free, he didn't blow for the 'first' foul, blew for the obvious round the neck free, spoke to linesman, free then given for first free (which you can't do) and thankfully he missed

Three times in the game he over turned frees awarded to Armagh and let's not mention the on the ground he gave with the ball a foot in the air

Someone should check and see if his mums from Down

That last free, he didn't blow for the 'first' foul, blew for the obvious round the neck free, spoke to linesman, free then given for first free (which you can't do) and thankfully he missed

That's a poor call there on Duffy.

That was a poor spot

Anyone thinks football doesn't need rule changes after watching that shite needs their head looked at!

Absolute negative crap!

Change it to what though? They've been changing it for years.

Think they mentioned that keeper had an injury signalled to ref but played on and then when the Liverpool picked up the ball the ref blew,

Stuart Pearse did say he should have put ball in net and ask the question.

But it's definitely not because he's from Manchester ffs

*Definitely*? How do you know?

As Clattenburg said about the Forest game and has been said many times before, including in the SPL - just use a totally neutral ref and save yourself the hassle.

Then why not just give soft penalties, or multiple yellows leading to reds and so on?

Your starting to get on like the Celtic supporters

Lights fuse and slips off

Think they mentioned that keeper had an injury signalled to ref but played on and then when the Liverpool picked up the ball the ref blew,

Stuart Pearse did say he should have put ball in net and ask the question.

But it's definitely not because he's from Manchester ffs

So...
Keeper lands awkwardly, gets up and taylor waves play on as the keeper is obviously OK.
Keeper rolls it out and starts playing with his socks, has a brain fart.
Gakpo tries to capitalise and THEN the referee blows his whistle.
Taylor goes over to the confused keeper any tells him to go to ground (!) and wait as he then signals for the physio for the non existent injury.

Have I got any of it wrong?

That's how they explained it.

You've watched football, in one game, how many non existent injuries are there in a game? I'd say 90%

Look, these things tend to even themselves out over the season

So when someone says your nuts snd what age are you responding with

you thick ignorant f**king idiot.

how f**king stupid are you

You getting carried away on a anonymous forum

Think they mentioned that keeper had an injury signalled to ref but played on and then when the Liverpool picked up the ball the ref blew,

Stuart Pearse did say he should have put ball in net and ask the question.

But it's definitely not because he's from Manchester ffs

So you said yourself it wasn't easy to see. That's all you have to say.

There was 2 points in this game at 21 minutes or more.

Pure puke

I said your post was mad.. it was,  saying Germans love a genocide !

Then you lost the run of yourself with insults