What's your take on this one then?
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Whilst I completely agree with "play to the whistle", when a flag goes up like that, should players really expect to have to keep on playing?
If nothing else, some players are instinctively going to pause when a flag is raised and even if they do try to "play to the whistle", a split-second pause could be all it takes to put them at a goal-conceding disadvantage.
The fact is it was close enough that the assistant shouldn't have flagged, but the fact is they did.
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Whilst I completely agree with "play to the whistle", when a flag goes up like that, should players really expect to have to keep on playing?
If nothing else, some players are instinctively going to pause when a flag is raised and even if they do try to "play to the whistle", a split-second pause could be all it takes to put them at a goal-conceding disadvantage.
The fact is it was close enough that the assistant shouldn't have flagged, but the fact is they did.