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My suggestion would be that they can - spirit of the law. The idea of the law being to stop the game being slowed down. Neither of these examples slow the game down.

If I'm understanding correctly and you're looking for something to say while they're on the pitch to get them off quickly, I'd maybe go with 'they're going to have to stay off for a minute now anyway I'm afraid so if you're able to do this on the sidelines that would be ideal' or similar, but...

No, because you haven't stopped play for the injury and he hasn't required treatment. This is why if someone has genuinely taken a knock and you need to stop play, it's easier to give a foul as if they ultimately don't want treatment they can stay on.

To be honest, I wouldn't be opposed to the 5 second rule just becoming a generalised way to speed up all restarts. Any time a referee thinks a restart is taking too long... 5 second countdown... restart reversed if they don't beat it. Make it a little tricky in the case of a defensive free kick...

Theoretically possible if they get enough observations in of a high enough standard, but very difficult. I know a referee who went from 5 to 2 in less than 2 seasons (he got his 5-4 at the end of a season, then spent half a season at 4 before mid season to 3, then got his 2 after a full season...

Poor from the defender. Poor from the attacker. Very poor from the referee.

I think that’s perhaps an expectation difference nationally then. In England I wouldn’t expect to receive a team sheet for any grassroots friendly and not even for some semi pro friendlies.

I think I'm changing my approach here too. I've tried too hard to please clubs who don't give a damn about me, and it's backfired more than once.

I am sure he'll add massive value to whatever he has lined up next!

Can't say it's anything I've ever noticed as a problem...

Can't say it's anything I've ever noticed as a problem...

So does Britain, we keep them on the Falkland islands.

This was my point to be fair. The player likely already thinks you're a kn*b and saying that isn't going to improve his opinion of you!

I came away from the game against Argentina feeling no sense of injustice... but... is it entirely fair and square when Messi steps on Spence's foot to win the ball and Spence doesn't throw himself to the ground, he carries on, and they score and win the match, yet in the final Otamendi (I...

The worst comeback in football is when a player said something about the rules and the referee says 'actually, they're laws'.