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The other issue we have is we have the cards to deal with it, yet many seem to see us as card-happy, unapproachable robots if we dare to use them.

True. I try to avoid doing it as well. I managed to bluff my way out of one recently but that was because it was just after HT, so I made some excuse about "still signalling from the first half". You tend to only have a couple of minutes in which you can get away with that one though.

Had a good one when I was on the line yesterday. Clear reckless challenge on the home team’s young winger which caused a few afters as it was right in front of the dugouts. When the ref got round to issuing the caution, the home team wanted a red for the challenge as “he’s only 17”.

Add "you're just going with the shouts". Usually followed or preceded by "nobody even claimed for it" for another foul.

2nd one I’d agree. 1st one I can see why it’s given offside.

Interesting technique I saw once when I was watching a game was the ref answering by asking the coach “why do you think it is/isn’t a foul?”. Not one I’ve ever used but seemed to work for him.

A shake of the head tends to work for me, often accompanied with a “No foul!”.

Yep - it's either "come on ref, you've just given it because they're appealing for it" or "come on ref, no-one even claimed for that". Can't win either way!

Yellow (stopping a promising attack)

The attacker was standing in an offside position - not in itself an offence as you say. However, as he was in the line of vision of the goalkeeper whilst standing in an offside position it was an offside offence.

To me if the goal area is so waterlogged that it would affect the game in this way then I’m calling the game off

Who says referees don't have a sense of humour? :)

Surely that’s not legitimate justification for that penalty though?

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I’d agree. It didn’t seem like a foul at all.

It was ok because an Italian player played it initially and then it fell to another Italian player. If it had hit the referee and then fallen to a Turkish player, then it would be a drop ball to Italy.

The ref isn’t challenging for headers etc

Looked very similar to the McTominay incident. I wouldn’t give it, but when they later gave the McTominay incident it made me wonder why Pogba wasn’t punished.

I’m completely neutral club-wise, however I agree with both of you. It seemed a natural movement from McTominay to hold off Son.

Same here - typical SFA. 🙄