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No he was talking of blatantly stopping a player getting to the ball so that it went out of play for a goal kick but as I said it was 25= 30 years ago so may well have changed or been modified since that day. We used to have regular chats and arguments about the games he reffed at The...

He was a Top Ref in the League and FIFA in the 80s/90s so it may have changed since then as I am sure he wouldnt have made such an elementary mistake. I would say there is a difference between shielding the ball and stopping your opponent getting at it by stretching your arms out. He...

The only objection I have to that is when a player effectively makes himself a barrier between the opposing player and the ball thus making no attempt to play it but stopping the other man being able to get it. To me that is obstruction and should be an indirect free kick exactly the same...

That is most obvious and well done for teaching it.

I think that is a pathetic argument when you consider how much time the ball is out of play for normal events in a game.like feigned injuries, throw in, goal kicks etc. Had you settled on it being unsporting I think that you may had a point but your point is not really a valid point. He...

It also stops any possibility of him letting the ball slip out if his grasp, on that score alone I am all in favour of him doing it.

I am very impressed by the way Ryan does it virtually every time irrespective of when in the game . This gives time for our defenders to move out to catch any lingering forwards offside if the ball comes back quick. He is very good at doing it.