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I think you can make a separate bullet about “not giving dissent cards”.

As long as the daylight saving time button is not THE main button again I might consider… also needing an engineering degree to change the battery… I’m talking myself out of it

Not necessarily “correct” answers, but signs: What does the losing team say to you after the match? (If it’s positive, even better if it’s “best this season”, you are rocking) Are you giving dissent cards (of sin bins) and why? (Dissent cards to both teams, especially both benches, usually...

If the ball is clearly in play still, and if an attacker is clearly wiped out by a defender, of course you should whistle. If the ball is not clearly in play, like a shot heading wide, or blasted over the bar, then ”football doesn’t expect” the whistle - even if you can justify it to yourself...

I didn’t read it like that at all. Sometimes we see different things.

I don’t get what’s wrong with the Brentford Liverpool post. Seemed balanced to me and was good commentary on some really interesting top flight refereeing. The topics raised, especially about timekeeping and TV not showing important info (we didn’t see the GK count, or a good freeze frame on...

I am 52 next week and I am still at it, giving it all every match, and being as competitive and constructive as I can be with my younger peers. Had the honour of whistling my level’s playoff final last night. Last match of the season, closest thing to the next level up (probably around your L4)...

Chief, thank you so much for all your efforts. I have donated. The kids can eat bread and dripping. They will be fine! I hope you can find a way to either cut the costs or get more low effort ad revenue. I am really happy to donate to get you out of a hole now but TBH I am not a fan of repeats...

I was expecting a penalty. Taking a risk there.

I’ve got another confession to make… It’s been a few weeks and I’m ready to share. Backstory: my only other video review was 7 years ago and I was nervous and tanked in front of my chiefs. Fast forward to the other week, OA tournament finals and my old refsec mentor-type is back after 5 years...

In old money surely it’s a major error max 7.9 to not RC here and a few years ago probably a few weeks off.

Come on. Do you really believe this wasn’t nailed on DOGSO? I’d love a Uefa/Fifa/Ifab or local training clip with a similar scenario where any experienced official says this is not D…

I use this with two variations with a bit of Fifa fingers and as quickly as possible. The first I “learnt” this year as AR from two rapidly progressing great refs. Something like: - For attacker-goalkeeper nonsense - you can be there but if you move to block the GK you’re asking me to make a...

Surely Webb will have to come out and apologise for this. Imho right up there with the worst errors of the VAR era and a nightmare for grassroots refs.

You can say that again!

Approach with caution. If you misuse this you can get accused of bias or lose credibility. If it’s out context it also will present badly. If once in the middle of a match you tell the striker you loved his goal - no. But… “Good save” this is one way to sell a corner from a nick. You will look...

This isn’t supported by the LotG though. “The physio did not enter” is not in the exceptions about serious injuries. There is nothing in the laws about minor injuries. Yes, it’s common sense. But the law says you stop play (only) for a serious injury. If it’s not serious you wait until the next...

That’s not what the LotG says. It says clearly: stops play if a player is seriously injured and ensures that the player is removed from the field of play. An injured player may not be treated on the field of play and may only re-enter after play has restarted; if the ball is in play, re-entry...

In the OP the player does not receive treatment.

The ball is in play, a player goes down injured and seems in distress, the referee stops the game to attend to the injured player, the player then says she does need the physio. Can the player remain on the field or do they have to leave the field? (Citations from IFAB or anywhere else...