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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.

The CRUEF offences are always DFKs, regardless of whether contact is made. A high boot is PIADM, not a CRUEF offence. “A direct free kick is awarded if a player commits any of the following offences against an opponent in a manner considered by the referee to be careless, reckless or using...

If the challenge is reckless, it is a DFK.

I mean this is playing a dangerous manner but simultaneous offences. The more serious offence is that he’s challenged his opponent with disregard to his opponent’s safety. DFK, YC (reckless). YC helps sell the foul too. If you give just a foul, you need to sell that the challenge is so bad that...

I mean we can’t have players wearing jewellery per the Laws of the Game so you gotta do what you gotta do but realistically you should be able to say whether you’re sent off or choose not to play because you won’t take your jewellery out, you’re not playing either way, the only difference is...

My instinct was YC but after considering considerations, I think that instinct was wrong. Point of contact is the back of the Achilles, mode of contact is the studs, there is no chance or attempt to fairly play the ball and it’s at least lunge adjacent. Considerations in favour of yellow card...

Now, I’ve only seen the second angle since the other is geoblocked but for me this is SFP. The point of contact is high on the shin, the mode of contact is the studs, the force used is high and the player makes full contact (i.e. it isn’t glancing contact).

“The footage showed that Alvarez’s standing foot had made slight contact with the ball just before he struck it” - I think the intern doing UEFA’s social media posts made a mistake here, I’m pretty sure it hits the planted foot after Alvarez kicks it. If this is the chronology though, is it...

If it’s red, it’s for Violent Conduct. He can’t be challenging for the ball since he has the ball.

IFAB says blatant holding can be unsporting.

For those who don’t understand the point, players must be behind the ball when the PK is taken.

You don’t want my advice on selling decisions lol but in terms of considerations, you need the, well, considerations. I don’t think they’ve been linked to before on this forum, so here’s a copy from the AFC. (https://www.footballaustralia.com.au/sites/ffa/files/2017-09/AFC...