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I think there may end up being some regional variability but I think that specialising, at least currently, doesn't lead to a change in the number of appointments. News of the day for me is I have specialised as a ref being in my 4th year I have had to choose and no chance of line promotion...

Very interesting indeed... I wonder what it will do to availability of games - or assistants at step 3/4.

It either fits in as VC with no challenge or serious if challenging. Pulling hair, deliberately at least, in my opinion is falls under brutality, specifically, a savage act.

So they are serious foul play then was my point...🤣

Just saying that if it was part of a challenge it wouldn't be violent conduct... 😁

The difference between playing and touching is action. If tve player makes an action that makes contact it's a play, if the ball just hits them with no action it's a touch.

If we are talking about blue 9 here then he is "clearly attempting to play a ball which is close when this action impacts on an opponent" so in my opinion he commits an offside offence. You say you buzzed for a potential offside. How was that resolved? As the referee I'd want to know what that...

In most cases pulling someone hair is a savage act. I haven't seen this incident so I can't say for sure it it meets the threshold to be considered savage but I don't think we need a great deal of force before we arrive at the point of calling it violent conduct.

Not sure but done a dig and pulled out a reply to a facebook post:

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder... I actually quite like it.

I dont have them now as I operate at a level when they aren't in use and in the small number of games that I do where they are I've had no occasion too. Sin bins don't necessarily indicate anything. For example in the year I got promoted, granted sin bins were new and so I think there's...

Fine balance if the winning team then concede well after any indicated amount of time. I keep saying this but context matters if it's literally just gone time then maybe we don't stop it. A short amount of seconds is easily explainable. Already let it go a little longer then we have to climb up...

Quick Google search turns up the above published by IFAB at the start of this season. I'm in the this is not enough for a red card camp but I 100% support and accept those that would issue a red card. As with all things context is exceptionally important and that context changes on a lot of...

Exactly

The simple answer here was that he was not in the optimum position. We, that is assistant referees operating at steps 2-6, were recently given some training that showed the impact of being in the wrong position, the angle changes what you see and therefore makes detecting offside even more...

I think on the ground this would not have looked that bad which is why the game proceeded. Not great for the Tele but certainly can distinguish enough in that clip to say it was probably not as evident to the match officials.

I have come off all the mainstream social media platforms through personal choice. Whilst I would share personal achievements I didnt actively promote my refereeing. Social media can be used for good, and I do see things I miss out on by not being on there. It all comes down to the user at the...

Username suggests not a referee themselves but the dad of one.

This is the challenge of VAR. The answer I think probably that they wouldn't have recommended a downgrade (obviously we don't know what we don't know). When the VAR reviews they look at the decision that has been made and determine if that decision is clearly and obviously wrong. This is...

Unpopular opinions it seems but both were pens for me. The holding clearly impeded Cunhas movement, and although he dived theatrically the fact that not a single Bournemouth player argued the decision tells you enough for me. The Amad one in the build up to the goal was more of expected...