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Agree - I just thought this month's was particularly poor on that score. I do think this needs sorting - it's not hard to pick questions with definitive answers, rather than creating a game of second guessing what the question setter is thinking Not a problem if they are used for discussion...

Perhaps we can also then have a discussion about the frustrating number of questions in this month's crop that either have more than one answer that is supportable in Law and/or are poorly worded !

No it won't. Self inflicted by a team on their own player and less likely to result in injury than any number of other normal football actions, including many legal tackles

Agree. Feels like the thread is trying to address a problem that doesn't exist - the very definition of refereeing busyness we should avoid ! There is a long enough list of real problems to pick from ....

These can work, but also important to recognise when a response with a bit of an explanation just invites a conversation you really don't want to have. I also like a brief response like 'not for me' that shows you've seen it and made a judgement rather than missing or ignoring it, but doesn't...

You have to be watching the kicker carefully, but it is a clear one. For me, it's also a good reminder of why as referee you should leave keeper off the line to your AR (if you have NARs). You can't possibly be looking carefully enough at keeper, taker and encroachment all at the same time...

I think the issue is as long as the players stay on the pitch, there is nothing in Law that says they can't all congregate in the same few square yards next to the technical area

The problem I have with this argument is that the word 'Consistency' is used as if it's a black or white thing. Anyone who has ever refereed will know that 'it's exactly the same as the last one' is one of the most common starting points for a nonsense argument from players, managers and fans...

Well I'm afraid Michael Oliver has made a rod for his own back there. Fail safe when he brings Walker in to speak to him has to be to make sure he is back in position - same as with a substitution. I think he will be kicking himself on that one - of course Walker should be smarter in getting...

To be fair it's the same the other way around - will take something to shift our perception of a manager we've had a problem with. All we can do is be professional and start with a clean slate and hope, but not expect, they do the same

This is one I expect we can all empathise with and you have to be realistic that it will probably be more about damage limitation that solving the problem. My suggestion would be to think separately about 2 questions 1. Why are they 'difficult' and does that give you any possible approach ...

He was spot on for me. Always going to come back for the reckless challenge. - can't let those go. Then a clear SPA. The fact there was a promising attack to stop for the second YC justifies the advantage. No other defensible outcome. Well done Jarod

I am sure many of us have been there - you try and respond politely and before you know it you've got a pattern that it becomes harder and harder to break out of. I think the key is to spot it early and to react but not overreact. One thing you can try if it starts happening is to have a...

Wow ! That type of challenge is one of the few that everyone in and around football always agrees on. Short of knocking him out out with a straight right, it couldn't be more clear cut I don't know what the welsh is for 'so we are all allowed one of those are we ?", but imagine if the game went...

Tricky One. I think textbook answer would go something like : 1. We stop play for a potentially serious injury, not for a head injury per se. 2. A potentially serious head injury would usually be either a cut or potential concussion 3. We obviously err on the safe side for potential...

Whisper it quietly, but this is where VAR is good. Looks for all the world in real time like a penalty, but it clearly wasn't.

It seems like there may be a relative shortage of referees at some levels in some parts of the country this year. At the same level as you, I have 8 appointments this month across middles and lines, whereas most of last season I was getting less than half of that. I expect it to change once...

This doesn't matter. The requirement is that they are 'distinguishable', not that they have a different nominal label. So one bright fluorescent and the other a dark shade may both be called 'green' but be absolutely fine.

I think to be fair we would need to know the full sequence of communication between clubs and officials prior to the day, at team sheet exchange and immediately prior to kick off, to really understand this one. At the very latest, I can't imagine them standing in the tunnel waiting to go onto...

Absolutely. There will be a challenging transition at Step 2 where officiating teams will be going out in September potentially all using Comms for the first or near first time in anger. Bound to be some issues, but it will ultimately be worth it.