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If you have not used the sin bin then you cannot say whether you like it's use or not. Sure you can have an opinion in general, but until you have tried it, and see the dramatic effects it has on players, and coaches, then have a real opinion. As I have said previously it has greatly reduced...

I am in France. A player in the sin bin here must stay on his own bench for the 10 minutes, and then when the time is up the player must re-enter from the half way line.

Abandonment is the rule here. It is specifically written into the sin bin rules!

Here it is match abandoned, and report. You should check each league's rules, they may differ from each other.

I will first go back to the free kick that lead to the 1st goal for France. Greizmann cheated, he dived and in his dive he made contact with the opponent. For me, no foul, so unlikely that France would have taken the lead then! Now, was it a penalty? My belief is No. But there is only one...

Graham Poll thinks it was a penalty.

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I had expected those but the other way round, with the Iranian getting the Final. Mainly because of FIFA's weird way of spreading the games to referees from other parts of the world, and then it would have been a first. I agree about Pitana, think there are better refs, but it was unlikely to...

Sorry I disagree. There are referee colleagues watching the action live, then with the aid of slow motion from many angles, they are almost certainly going to have had as good a view, probably better, than the on field referee. If they tell you that you have made a big error why would you not...

RobOda said: Also, Byrch (GER) sent home. - http://www.faz.net/aktuell/sport/fu...r-fuer-deutschen-schiedsrichter-15675286.html Iffy google translate. Anyone know where to find the official announcements of who they send home? Do they even do...

j'espère que ça se passera bien car la désignation est lamentable : argentin,on vient de les éliminer,c'est voisin avec l'Uruguay,même continent,même langue !!! La FIFA aurait dû mettre un asiatique ou un africain ! Moi j'ai peur This guy, retired referee, is basically saying that it is a bad...

I agree, and it is already causing a bit of a stir among the French!

This has been the worst part of this world cup in my opinion, and I agree that we referees will get an impact from it. Unless players are immediately carded when they surround the referee, then it will continue all game and every game. We (in my region of France) have started using the sin bin...

Je vais à Paris demain, vous voulez un réveil. Vous pouvez essayer mais vous serez à 600 kilomètres!

I referee both seniors and youth. U15 not really, at U18 it is there but not as often as seniors. Having refereed in England for over 30 years and 12 years in France, I have plenty of experience!

He has the French footballers disease. In France it is regular to see players falling and diving with loud screams, as if they have been shot. I tell them to get up, their injury suddenly disappears. It is worth noting that most of the French national team play their club football abroad, and...

Well, took the ball by the horns and contacted a certain Mr. D. Elleray, and here is his response to my suggestion: "Thank you for your suggestion - we have already started discussing 'penalty goals' in relation to handball on/near the goal line but will also consider your suggestion (which has...

I have been like you on this, however last night changed my mind. In this instance the Croatian would certainly have scored but for the foul from the defender. Maybe the change in the law relating to cautions now for a genuine attempt for the ball in the box has changed my view as well. The...

I think that the penalty in the Croatia - Denmark game perfectly illustrates the time for a new law - the penalty goal! The Croatian player was about to score, it was basically going to be a pass into the goal, there were no Danish players in front of him. The Danish defender brought him down...

I think that penalty was the time for a new law - the penalty goal! The Croatian player was about to score, it was basically going to be a pass into the goal, there were no Danish players in front of him. The Danish defender brought him down to stop the goal being scored (irrespective of the...