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Excessive force is when a player exceeds the necessary level of force. Brutality is an act which is savage, ruthless or deliberately violent. The necessary amount of force to be used when the ball is not in play is negligible. Kicking an opponent definitely exceeds that. Deliberately kicking...

Football expects, and referees have generally given, an offside when a player ducks out of the way of a ball that is heading towards goal. Is this inconsistent with how the Law is actually written? Absolutely, but that’s well above my paygrade.

On instances where the flag is delayed, ARs aren’t delaying the flag because they’re not sure, they’re delaying the flag because they’ve been told to so that VAR can intervene if they’ve got the decisions wrong. I know this is controversial guidance but ARs on the Premier League obviously need...

*unless it’s a ceremonial free kick. But yeah, Law 13.3 makes this pretty clear; “If, when a free kick is taken, an opponent is closer to the ball than the required distance, the kick is retaken unless the advantage can be applied; but if a player takes a free kick quickly and an opponent who...

Drink some radioactive goop in the hope you grow eyes in the back of your head? In all honesty, as long as you’re looking in the area where there is most likely to be a serious incident, not much else you can do.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cdjrgl4j3g2o

Defender’s made a sliding challenge, he’s missed the ball and he’s clipped the attacker. This seems like a clear-cut penalty unless I’m missing something.

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I might not have technically delayed the restart but your match control is shot if you don’t caution that.

Yeah, I definitely got the no call wrong lol. Still not convinced about reckless though (low intensity).

I’d be curious to hear others’ thoughts on this but I’m not giving a penalty. Since the defender is attempting to play the ball, his momentum carries him into the attacker and he’s only putting his hands out to protect himself, I don’t think this meets the relatively high threshold for awarding...

This is why it’s important to perform a thorough pitch inspection /j

*points to VEO* “You’re on camera, is this really how you want to behave? No, it’s not. Cut it out.” “Anyone come to watch you guys today? Yeah? They’ve come to watch you play football not behave this, so just play football alright?” (Make sure they do actually have people watching them lol)...

That’s a great explanation. It’s always good if you can identify the number of the player in an offside position / the second-last defender. If you can’t get the number, you can resort to the position; “Your right-back kept them on.” In offside situations, you can feel pretty safe explaining...

Interesting. I’d go the other way round. I’d issue sanctions then explain the decision. My thought process is 1) you shouldn’t delay sending off a player 2) players are more likely to listen to your explanation and not try and persuade you to make a decision beneficial to them if you’ve already...

15th tier Sunday league football is also completely different to youth. 😊

I saw this thread a couple months ago and thought it was a cute idea, but unfortunately I am Australian. With competitions in the Southern Hemisphere wrapping up (I hope, I have a sample size of one), how did everyone’s seasons go? Myself, I got some good finals appointments and my positioning...

Slightly concerned by the controversy. Studs coming down onto the top of the boot can’t really be less than careless. Whether it was intentional or not doesn’t matter (except for sanction).

1st one I can understand. To me (looking at the angle facing the goal which is the closest to the referees view) it looks like the defender gets a touch to the ball. It’s only the angle from behind the goal that shows that the defender didn’t play the ball. Maybe the AR could help out but...

Can’t be. Deliberate trick requires the ball be passed with a part of the body other than the foot.