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I once streamed a game because I couldn't watch it on regular channels. The only options were from eastern Europe - with their own commentators in that language. It made more sense than I've ever heard from the commentary in English. These people aren't meant to be experts at the game of...

It's a hell of a strange phrase to use for that, then.

CARs.

Not an observer (for football refereeing, anyway) but: at the grade in question, would you allow a foul throw or an incorrectly executed free kick to be taken again? Whether yes or no, the same reasoning applies to a CK, and should be the same answer.

You mean, 40 points Arsenal have thrown away by not playing better and scoring more goals than their opponent at every game? If nothing else, this shows that PGMOL really did give instructions to referees that they should not use the monitor in the PL. They wouldn't need to issue instructions...

I didn't speculate at all - I clearly referred to the equal possibility of any age group, with particular examples, being the persons that posted the content in the OP. Your comment was intentionally aimed at kids, why else would you mention them in particular?

The "kids" you're talking about are as likely to be parents working full-time in their 40s and 50s. Don't go playing ageist crap, there are whingers and whiners of every decade. The only difference is technology means they can spread it further than whoever is in the same room when they say it.

You still can't enforce a substitution, even for children. Trying to do it and "LOTG be damned" would be grounds for a competition appeal and potential disciplinary action against the referee, and rightfully so. If you believe a youth player is being forced to play through serious injury, and...

The referee can signal every free kick in the entire game using only the left arm, as shown in the diagram, but that doesn't mean they're required to. By your logic, the referee can only ever use the right arm to signal advantage (1) or a goal kick, and only ever use the left arm for a FK, PK...

You spoke of Law 6, in the context of ARs, but don't know about the diagrams? :drink: Things like that suggest the right arm indicates for the attack, and therefore that the AR is on the attacking right or defending left side. Now what would happen if you had an example showing that both...

Nothing in Law 6 mentions anything about the use of a specific hand at all. The diagrams imply a left back position but are just as easily explained by KISS. The only time where any instructions relevant to the AR involve a specific hand are in the "Practical Guidelines" - "Body Language etc."...

At the moment, any DOGSO outside the box must be red, while DOGSO inside the box can be yellow if 1. it was an attempt to play the ball, and 2. a PK is awarded. This is a corner case of a corner case, and may be easily forgotten by less experienced officials (or those of much experience with...

There is no such thing as "too far back" or a quota of touches to reset. This is not a problem with VAR, it's a direct consequence of the laws for handball and for offside (the latter has been this way for years, and the former is likely to get guidance explaining how to discern a GSO).

He should have done it after being ordered, and doing so would make the caution unjustifiable.

Unless it also crosses into something you can caution or dismiss for, ignore it. Idiocy caused by emotional overreactions is part and parcel of everything, football included. You didn't trip anybody, you didn't square up to anybody, and you didn't push or swing at anybody either. If you have a...

First up, your caution was incorrect. Not only did you not inspect this player properly (because otherwise you would have seen the ring they wore, and already told them to take it off without any doubt that they heard you) but you didn't "order the player to: remove the item leave the field of...

Politics. The guy on the track to the top gets away with it until those making decisions can't afford to look away. The guy who keeps getting ignored for the best games is never getting that same cover - and for the same reason.

Ask for the name. If you think you misheard and want confirmation, ask again for it slowly. Write down the confirmed name. If it doesn't match what's on the team list, that's going to be handled by the association and is the team's problem, not yours.

If it doesn't hit his hand, does his team get that chance to score? Then the handball has lead to the goalscoring opportunity, and should not be allowed. I think the law is fairly clear, this meets exactly one of the statements for which it is an offence. The only requirement is that the three...

You were claiming that no player would ever choose to stick their arm out and be sent off to stop a good chance. Clearly it's happened - incidents of this kind are why the red card for DOGSO was originally created. Don't get shirty with me because you want to backtrack or can't write clearly...