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We were warned on our ref course to avoid as much as possible outside of hello, have a good game, as otherwise if you say what you are looking for behaviour wise, how you will approach game etc then you are setting yourself up to be knocked down if you don’t follow through i.e don’t over promise...

Also in the highlights you can see the ref still seems undecided as he walks back on the pitch. It is almost as if he has decided no pen, but changes mind as worried over consequences of ignoring a referral.

I did mean it as a jibe yes, but if it was said with anger, he went running up to his teammate to confront him and screamed it at him nose to nose, then that is a different context. Still not sure I would give a red for offinabus with those words even with that context. Probably more looking to...

I can agree with this, and would add context is key. Compare OP: “The referee is a f***** u****** t*** “ with instead a player going up to a team mate who missed a sitter and says “Hey johnny you are a “f***** u****** t*** “ Identical swear words, different context, one is a red card, one...

Really good discussion on this in the Get Involved Referee podcast (for those not listened to this before, two ex grade one SFA referees)

I was wondering whether any merit in slow motions not available at all.

So here is a question (perhaps better as a separate thread) if VAR was changed so that VAR referees and any referral to match referees were only ever played at full speed, would that make it better or worse?

Bit clunky with my words. Deliberate is the first bullet point of handball in law12. Deliberate does not form part of the unnatural part. i.e If the ball hits your arm and it is in an unnatural position it is a handball offence, irrespective of whether your arm was there deliberately or not.

Discussed countless times on this forum i’m sure, but would like to see the word ‘deliberate’ back in as main part, this unnatural size just causes too many issues. Still not perfect but better that what we have now. EDIT: bit clunky with my words but think you know what I am trying to get at

IFAB need to review the rule (sigh, again), this can’t go on.

Irrespective of what the referee did/should have done, just wish the media would report things correctly, the GK was not sent off for a “reckless” challenge, it was SFP. Sigh. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/63754973

Personally the only thing I adjust for age are those things that can be subjective, the scale between careless, reckless and serious. For clear contraventions of well defined laws such as DOGSO you have to stick to the rules. Sent a 14yo off on Sunday, felt terrible inside for the young lad...

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Hi All Anyone else here who is a SERYFA referee? I find getting our fixtures a little tedious having to crawl through the website all the time, so have built a little automated website to do it for me, if anyone else is interested I have made it available publicly, updates every day...

I think I got the balance right for this particular game, the two incidents the players were up and running fine, but a bit later one poor lad got a ball peltered into the *** region 100mph at point blank range and was in visible pain. Stopped play, coaches on with an ice pack for a few minutes...

What do people do in terms of stopping youth game for injuries when it is not head or serious? At the weekend in my u14 game had a couple of times where I didn’t stop play because it was not serious, but it kind of feels a bit harsh at this age, they were not trying to feign injury.

I have watched it back a few times and personally can see why the officials did not warrant that as a push, watch slow mo at 4.08. Shirt pull, now that might be a different question.....

For my qualification course, when using clips and examples the instructor did not want a discussion on whether the match officials got it right or wrong, they wanted us to consider why the officials made the decision they did. I can see two possible reasons therefore why offside has not been...

Is it perhaps the case that it is incumbent on us to start a change, rather than accept it? The players and coaches won’t do it by themselves. If we get better at enforcing the laws and *spirit* of the game, particularly at youth level, this will propagate through as they get older?

And then penalise all coaches and substitutes for entering field of play without permission 😉