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I'd remind you, perhaps cheekily, that AA doesn't form part of the LOTG and those who use it are just using a general form of USB. Further, applying general USB doesn't require identifying a gap in the law. It requires the use of a discretion where the mandatory cautions are not otherwise...

I gather we're on the same page then. It is a specific mandatory category, rather than a discretionary matter. It doesn't form part of an exhaustive list of USB

You also snuck the word 'launching' in there. You're overblowing the scenario to suit your case. It suggests you don't wish to take the exercise on in a genuine way because you are concerned it will undermine your position. USB is an 'I'll know it when I see it' type of offence. We've...

You may have missed the word 'general'

Who said anything about that?

To find that each and every 'rugby tackle', regardless of severity or force, is with disregard to the consequences of an opponent can only be so if you accept that 'consequences' is an extremely broad term taking into account more than safety (and including, for instance, losing position or the...

Yes, but that's the debate. It's not SPA and it's not reckless. We then need to use our discretion under the principle of USB to caution. @RyantheRef I think has been misunderstood to suggest that actions like Konate's are cautionable. I don't take him that way. I think what he means is...

I just said that it didn't - you need to accept that for the purpose of the exercise. It is very low level in terms of force

Just trying this hypothetical - it is more extreme than other examples given so far. The ball is in play and a player use his arms to tackle an opponent around the legs bringing him to the ground - it is not reckless nor violent and it does not stop a promising attack. Surely, though, this is...

Yeh - just checked. Conduct would be a better word to use, but hey - it's IFAB

Can't be bothered checking IFAB, but OFFINABUS includes conduct now, doesn't it? Changed a year or two back

I think we'd all prefer a loud blast on the whistle and a 'get on with it', but we all know that would have just left to 'gee, she loves her whistle'

'shes not time wasting - she's just delaying the restart of play!'

SPA doesn't require anything egregious - a relatively innocuous careless foul can be SPA depending on the circumstances. A blatant, shirt tearing, hold can be USB without needing to stop a promising attack

I live in Dubbo. I can think of some things.

I love it. We aren't appointed for our ability to create ambience

This isn't the dark web

Play on

If I was the defending manager I'd be telling the oppo that it was the worst thing I'd ever seen. Did the manager get the flick for the confrontation?

100% police first. You are probably not the only category of person this chap gets punchy with. If he then starts to run a defence that 'it weren't me' despite you have his shirt number, the club will have some explaining to do. Good job not letting it go, as other lesser souls may have. I...