Recent content by GraemeS

I think most of the British equivalent sayings either involve swearing or allusions to sex acts. By comparison, "pound sand" is pretty polite!

Yeah, the whole point of when you do/don't accept a call of "laces?" is to do whatever keeps the spotlight off you. Neutral situation where no one will be upset by you stopping the restart for 10 seconds? You'll get more fuss if you deny the shout, so hold the restart and allow it. Tense game...

Usually only if it's an extraordinary report that results from something you've noted. If the ref puts in a report that essentially says "I'm reporting X on advice of assistant Y", then assistant Y should do a report with the details. Routine cards? No.

Agree, but I think that comes down to what was said to the captain. Use the word "dissent" or "sin bin" in that conversation (these persistent appeals are starting to sound like you're dissenting my decision not to give the foul throws / keep this up and I'll be thinking about a sin bin) and...

It used to be part of my post-match routine to put the next game into WGS, as part of confirming with myself where I was going next - and once you've done that, if the next game is eventless, it's just as easy to submit a blank report as it is to work out how to delete a game. I never got...

I'm not 100% convinced by the claim it was the first foul the penalty was given for on-field - the whistle was a normal amount of thinking time after the second challenge (ie a loooong way after the first challenge) and there's no justification for looking for an advantage on a penalty when the...

I thought we were told the other day that second yellow cards shouldn't be shown for TA occupants?

Be very wary of the language used to communicate this to a GK. I had all manner or trouble once after shouting "don't pick it up" - GK did pick it up, I blew for the IFK and he went mad claiming he hadn't heard the "don't" and so I had told him to pick it up! As a result, if this ever comes up...

But, as discussed in that thread, that's kind of nonsense when you actually stop and think about it. The law on stopping play doesn't mention a whistle and if it did, it would need to have additional clauses to account for a referee losing his whistle or becoming injured/incapacitated in a way...

Three P's! Public, Personal, Provocative. Public: Does everyone on the pitch know the player is disagreeing with you? Personal: Is the player simply disagreeing with a decision or does it escalate into comments about you as a person? Provocative: Is the player trying to wind you up and...

There's definitely a team I can think of around me that are famous for having dodgy lights that work much consistently when the team is winning for some reason...

Dumb that this wasn't introduced a year ago.

If you're warning them of an infringement and they fail to react to that warning, PI is the answer. But I agree that the premise of the question is somewhat flawed - non-OFFINABUS swearing is difficult to justify as an infringement in the first place. If you're warning for it, the warning...

Absolutely. But unless Webb chooses to highlight it on TV in a month's time, we're all just guessing if that's what happened and everything was done properly, or if this was missed due to a failure in communication or judgement.

I mean - these are players who have been dissenting and undermining you at every step. I wouldn't trust them if they told me the sky was blue, let alone their reports on what your AR is saying!