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I do this two or three times a season. It's no big deal.

This is my point. The Premier League is the best competition so why not let the best referees officiate those matches? Marciniak is wasted on Ekstraklasa matches.

You think that competition is going to hinder the ability of good referees to become better and rise to the top? I, personally, would love to see officials get moved around and for the top competitions to "poach" the top officials, for lack of a better word. There are extraordinary officials...

Send him for OFFINABUS.

No it sounds pretty much spot on.

I don't judge a player's intention. I judge what I see: namely, did the player do something that appears to be a regular football challenge but with excessive force or brutality, or did he do something that is not a normal football challenge with brutality?

No, it matters for your admin and your observers marks. Trust me, it's important.

It's not potato, potatoe stuff. It's important to accurately report the incident as it happened and for the correct offense. If the ball is in the vicinity of play, and the incident occurred in a way that looks like a footballing play but which was brutal and excessive, then it's SFP. In other...

Ref should have issued two cautions: one for entering the F.O.P. without permission and another for delaying the restart. Wonder if he would have been laughing then.

If a decision is supportable, it won't be overturned in England. The penalty decision, while soft, was supportable and not technically wrong -- even if we don't like to see it given. In the rest of the world, the referee would have been at the monitor to watch; but, as usual, England is lagging...

@RefRyanAus has given you a masterclass from which I have selected 3 quotes above. These are perfectly instructive and, I think, can help you tremendously maintain control. In general, I use the following: First ten minutes are strictly controlled. Advantages must be very clear and obvious...

It was definitely worth it, though, to see all the Woolwich supporters get mad.

If a player accuses my of blindness, especially while using profanity, they're done for the day. No need to insult the blind community by including me among their ranks. That being said, I agree with many of the comments. You don't need to see something; you can give it based on your perception...

Is there a way that you can write a sort of "reason why" letter demonstrating that, when you remove the outliers from your score, you score very highly on club marks and your observer marks are top notch?

I completely understand what you're saying and agree with you. The grassroots and recreational game cannot be what the professional game is. But the majority of participants will not understand that.

Who conducted the inspection? If it was the referee, why wouldn't he have his crew with him?

Yeah that's what I said too.

I can almost guarantee that our RA will be exactly what you've described. I'm far more interested in development and performance, personally, so that's my pet project and ambition. We have others involved who are more interested in match fees and welfare issues than I am so I leave it to them.

Yeah, I haven't been given that guideline in some time; best bet is to not let it happen.

You're right. I shouldn't have said always. I meant usually. I would also add, though, that if I can, then I will always prevent the attacking team from taking the ball (because the presence of the attacking team trying to take the ball may 'alert' the defending team who was previously not even...