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i can't see it because BBC is region blocked, but for slides - arms need to be tucked under the body, not trailing behind. We get too hung up over 'natural' position. It might be natural - but it can also be trained out. Lunging into a slide tackle with high raised studs is arguably natural...

I firmly believe this (and the Clive Thomas incident) are why the LOTG needs to change around the end of the half/match. If FIFA want referees to wait for the final attack, then the LOTG needs to reflect this - otherwise this referee has done nothing wrong by law. Though Clive Thomas was even...

And if comms fail? Comms are there to facilitate communication, not be the only source of communication. Comms and buzzer flags all help to introduce redundancy into the system. I agree with others on here that the flag is also a communication tool for everybody else. Also, FIFA have...

I think you've gone completely down the wrong path on this one! In fact, it's the referees who are signalling less and less - was it on here where there was a recent discussion how there's less expectation on referees to bother signalling for a TI, especially at a higher level? So if we...

I didn't use real names but that's because I'm so terrible with faces that I'd keep forgetting people or getting their name wrong - so I figured that using names would make me look like more of an idiot! Similarly, I appreciated it when those who I refereed regularly still made a clear point...

It applies to everyone, yes....but that doesn't mean you apply the same standard as you would to a player speaking to yourself. Mouthing off at an opponent - well, bear in mind that you have players who are kicking each other, grabbing, shoving each other off the ball (and I'm talking about...

Well....the ref must have been certain to issue a card :)

It doesn't But in response to your first query - draw the line at simulation. If you set the standard that the team cannot benefit from diving then diving is no longer profitable. It's probably more of a moral argument I'm making than a practical one. In the real world you'd imagine that the...

Forgot about that change - but you're completely correct. A wording change that brings it in line with expectations and how it's actually considered

I personally think that if a dive affects the outcome of a match, that team should be stripped of the points for that game. Make dives count for nothing. And suspending divers is essential. In Australia the judiciary would review diving incidents, whether or not the player was booked, and...

I hear what you're saying - but if an opponent does hold back because the player doesn't have a shinpad it easily meets the criteria. But really you want to stop play before it reaches that point - because the alternative is that the opponent DOES go into a challenge and the player is injured...

It SHOULD be rare, yes - except the VAR is gotten it horribly, horribly wrong so many times that the OFR going against VAR should have been quite frequent!

Yes, you can play advantage. There's nothing stating advantage is only for fouls and offside. You can't play advantage on an incorrect restart (eg foul throw) - but that's not what this is. This is a correct restart followed by an offence. Why would it be? The first, the ball isn't in...

Funnily enough I've found it's also the O35 players who make an issue out of it if I don't! I used to refuse to, and especially if one team wants to carry on I won't....but if the players are happy to wait, I'm not going to insist on the restart - if they start to wait, then I'll go along and...

This thread has some bizarre responses.... The correct answer is - the flick up and head to himself are simply irrelevant. If he received it direct from a teammate's kick to him or TI, he can't handle the ball. If from an opponent or uncontrolled by a teammate, he can. What he does with...

Ref has no excuse on that one - it's a horrible tackle. Red and PK, easily.

Your pitch? If you've ever spoken to a player like that before, make sure you don't do it again. Be respectful. "My pitch" is just arrogant. Moving forwards, pay no mind to the other player, none of his business. Having said that - I certainly don't want to be whipped by somebody's...

In Australia we've found it the other way - if it went to an on-field review, it was guaranteed to be overturned. Which is problematic when Australian referees don't have the foggiest idea how VAR should be implemented. It took about a season and a half to see the first instance of a ref going...

It's only a difficult to sell because last week's ref decided that law didn't apply.....

I wasn't able to watch it with sound - looked like Muscat got booked for later abuse (shock horror). I think the other team should have had a FK - and the YC needed to be dealt with then and there. Literally, the only reason that FK occurred was because of the whistle. Makes no sense for...