Looking for suggestions/clarification

[Yampy]

Why should it be? Would you consider it PIADM when the keeper dives down and catches a ball at a forward's feet in normal play? Would you card a keeper for it? And since a dropped ball is considered in normal play as soon as it hits the ground the keeper has the same right.

I respectfully disagree with that argument. I appreciate the ball is in play once it hits the ground but the circumstances between a dropped ball restart and open play are very different. If a GK dives on the ball during a dropped ball restart he is putting himself in clear danger of getting hurt, almost certainly kicked and in the referees opinion could be deemed to be PIADM. Have you seen how two players will aggressively attack the ball in a contested dropped ball? It is not a tactic I would like to see any GK try.
And to answer your question, yes I can imagine scenarios where I would - a GK dives with outstretched arms, but headlong towards the feet of the attacker is clearly acting in a manner which will get himself hurt. The law allows you to make that distinction and deal with it accordingly.

But as I said, the best policy is to avoid it in the first place, if you can.

 

[Brian Hamilton]

Yes you can drop it near the goalkeeper and he can pick it up. No you cannot manufacture the drop ball situation so if someone comes to contest it, you aren't supposed to do anything about it.

The truth is, as someone has already pointed out, the drop ball takes place from the position where the ball is when you stop play, In this case, it sounds like it was somewhere in/above the middle of the field.

Situation with goalkeeper running at you, the referee should have protected you. If he doesn't, you tell the player to go away. If he and his team mates continue their protests, bang the flag up and get the referee over. Tell him what has been said/done and let him do what he needs to do. Don't be disappointed if he just tells them off.

 

[santa sangria]

On the second point, when the goal has been scored, and as an AR you are happy, and you can see your ref is happy, you should be giving it the 15-20 yard dash up the line (for the cameras) while having a crafty eye on your ref just in case something odd happens in the meantime.
This should put you well out of the way of any protesting GK.

When I am in the middle I always ask NARs to make a good dash when we are happy with a goal. I think it looks good, it is clear communication to the whole ground... am I little overly obsessed there, is it just me?

 

[Peter Grove]

On the second point, when the goal has been scored, and as an AR you are happy, and you can see your ref is happy, you should be giving it the 15-20 yard dash up the line (for the cameras) while having a crafty eye on your ref just in case something odd happens in the meantime.
This should put you well out of the way of any protesting GK.

This. As the "Practical Guidelines for Match Officials" states:

When a goal has been scored and there is no doubt about the decision, [...] the assistant referee must then move quickly 25–30 metres along the touchline towards the halfway line without raising the flag.