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1) You were let down by your CFA, massively. "Not proven" is the same as saying "made up" in my mind and it can't conceivably be the most reasonable finding in this case. 2) Maybe take this note away: next time don't specify that he was directing his comments at you, just that he made comments...

I usually go for it, unless I've got other things to do. It's often nice to sit with players and hear what they think and I find they're usually more receptive to what I saw/my interpretation and learning about the LOTG when they're not in the hot moment.

Your missus takes 6 hours to prepare for work? Blimey! As for what I do to prepare, it's largely the same though I don't have a little one at home: Night before I get my kit ready, make sure I have everything I need. Morning of, I wake up, have a tea and some breakfast. Usually watch news and...

What I'm shocked about is that you're shocked by that :P

Send some people off, if they don't shut up you'll at least have a plausible reason to abandon.

If the ARs are referees you know and trust, you can cut most of the stuff out -- speak about mass conf and other major events, but don't overcomplicate and say too many details either.

I find that my pre-game discussion generally depends on who I am working with (whether I know them or not, whether they are, in fact, competent by my estimation, whether I know of any particular weaknesses of theirs that need to be dealt with).

My experiences have been overwhelmingly positive -- I don't understand why so many people find that the vast majority of players are idiots.

Comments like "I don't care about your opinion anyway" are not helpful in maintaining control or avoiding further dissent. Saying something like "If you don't want a second yellow, I suggest you don't" is fine if the player is being belligerent. If he's just expressing his disappointment in a...

Make sure to include the use of an illicit substance at the field.

It's not about whether you were insulted or offended; it's about whether the comment is insulting or offensive by its very nature. To question the impartiality of the impartial official is to insult and offend not only that official but officials in general. They simply must go.

Common sense and the LOTG rarely, if ever, conflict with one another. He deliberately handled the ball to prevent a goal being scored. He knew what he was doing. He walks.

"He passed it to the GK and the GK picked it up. It's an IDFK."

It's only mandatory if he's had to climb on a perimeter fence -- which he did not have to do. No caution necessary or, in this case I think, warranted.

Well apparently it is, since people are wondering what would happen if the defender passed the ball forward (presumably from the goal line) and the GK picked it up and was not, therefore, passed backwards.

But it's not a term from the LOTG which, to me, means its usage should become extinct -- as with penalty box, 18-yard box, 6-yard box, intentional, and bench side.

That's largely my opinion. They're not required to shake my hand and I would rather them not do if, while they do, they piss and moan about things during the match. Of course when it finishes 7-2, you don't have to take any guff from them as they've likely played a horrible match and can be...

I don't think we necessarily have to say goodbye to his career, though this is certainly a set back. Whereas he is at a developmental stage, this will shine a spotlight on him and he will be under close watch, but he will not likely be removed from the track to continue his development unless...

I think that the article's intent is to say that while Zwayer could have avoided the situation in the first place by sending the coach off from a closer proximity, he chose to send him off from a distance and that once Schmidt began his "you come to me" tactic, the referee had no choice but to...

The confusion would be cleared up if we stopped calling it a "backpass" and started referring to it as "the GK handling the ball after it was deliberately kicked to him by a teammate."