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A few years ago, I played an advantage and as soon as I had signaled the player lost the ball due to a really poor pass. He was shouting for me to bring it back because there was no advantage; I just quietly told him on the way by that there had been an advantage and he wasted it with a dreadful...

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But here is the crux of my point: if he gets the decision bang-on correct, then the opposition going mental is a separate incident. The incident that leads to a decision is a separate one to the reaction to the decision in every case. In the OP, he definitely got the handling of one incident...

I agree that in the name of "promoting attacking football" the powers that be have made the game impossibly soft. Of course, I can't go as far as to condone this video, but I can say that a punch in the face isn't the worst possible thing that can happen. As someone mentioned earlier, ice hockey...

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I agree; which is why I am asking if the referee could have done anything to be more sure about the decision.

You're misunderstanding me again. There is nothing often nothing you can do to prevent players kicking off; but if they do kick off, then you can deal with that situation properly and, hopefully, avoid any other players kicking off as a result. And I agree that we are supposed to create a...

When taking up your position for the goal kick (which should be reconsidered for the new laws but I digress), one should attempt to run backwards as much as is feasible.

Right, I agree, and the fact that you don't know for sure if there was a handball or not is exactly what you should reflect on. Why were you unable to determine if a handball had occurred? Were you wide enough in your position? Were you close enough to play? Too close? The issue in this match...

I think you've slightly missed my point. My point is that if you want to be the best referee you can be, then you should focus on outcomes you can control. If you're in the right position, make the right decision, and someone kicks off then there's nothing you can do but deal with that situation...

We do not know, for sure, that there was a handball. The OP thought it was a header, the defender admitted he had handled the ball. That in itself doesn't mean that the player was guilty of handling the ball, but it means there is room for doubt. Room for doubt indicates something went wrong...

Didn't Graham Poll used to use these?

Except in the example I gave, wherein that is the justification. Yes, the attacker went down, but he went down by tripping over the defender who won the ball in the tackle. No foul, play on. I don't disagree with you in practice, of course, that saying that he won the ball is a big trap that...

To say that winning the ball has no bearing on the decision made would be wrong, but to say that winning the ball is the sole criteria which makes a tackle acceptable is likewise wrong. The ball being won is important because the type of contact that would be allowed before the ball is played is...