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Nothing to moan about (for a change), but just wanted to say what a great job François Letexier did in the first leg at the Bernabeu earlier this week. Not come across him before, but thought he was excellent. Didn't fall for the histrionics of the players (which is far easier said than done...

Thank you everyone for the helpful and thoughtful responses! :) It's good to know that there are options out there, and I'll perhaps explore observing as a way to stay involved. It feels like the right time to step away from the middle, but equally it may be that I get to August/September and...

Not really sure what the point of this thread is, but over the last few weeks I've come to the conclusion that I may have reached the natural end of my refereeing career. I started at 14, which will make this my 17th season, and give or take a few months here and there with injuries I've been...

At the risk of seeming pedantic, VAR will have looked at the challenge in the same way they "look" at the rest of the match. At worst that's a yellow card (and even that's a stretch IMO), but there's absolutely no way there's anything there that warrants VAR involvement.

The only positive thing that I can say is that at least AT was consistent in his approach. Having said that, it was absolutely the wrong approach and I think it went beyond what is an acceptable level of game management. Not sure who it was, but a City attacker got wrong side of Jesus in about...

Of course I think that it's an accurate summary otherwise I wouldn't have said it. I'm simply offering an opinion based on what I've seen and read, which is that it was not a C&O error and that VAR was correct not to get involved. Me offering a summary of what I think I've read is just that...

What on earth are you talking about? Please point me to where I have said the conversation should be shut down, or that there shouldn't be a discussion? For what it's worth I think it was a penalty, but I don't think it was a clear and obvious error and I therefore think it was right for VAR...

Whatever your thoughts on the decision, the fact that we're 3 pages (and almost 50 posts) into a thread without there being a consensus is a fairly good indicator that: (1) the onfield decision by MO was not clearly and obviously wrong; and (2) Stuart Attwell was correct not to recommend an OFR...

I agree and in that scenario you’re still enforcing the laws of the game. The skill level at U12 versus, say U17, dictates that the bar for what constitutes an OGSO will be much higher, so you’re much more likely to end up with an SPA caution than a DOGSO dismissal.

I cannot stress enough that this is not the correct approach. If you are appointed to referee a match, regardless of the age of the players, you have a responsibily to enforce the laws of the game, and that includes issuing the appropriate sanctions where required. There are very few ocassions...

Are you deliberately trolling here? Nowhere in the OP does it say that the goalkeeper was off balance, just that he handled the ball whilst the ball was in the air, yet having not seen the incident you're confident enough to say that the ref got it wrong. This forum is meant to be constructive...

Ignoring the decision itself as it sounds like a definite YHTBT moment, I think I'd have taken the same approach to the caution that you did. Unfortunately at that age you're very likely to get an emotional reaction (e.g. crying). One approach that has worked for me in the past is to say...

Just looked and I've apparently now been here for just short of 11 years! :oops: It can be lonely out there as a L7 with no local RA, so this forum has been a great sounding board for me and I'm certain I'm a better referee for having been here. Massive thank you to Ross (and all the other...

Interesting one in my U13 game at the weekend. Penalty awarded to reds which is saved by the keeper and immediately bounces out to another red attacker who puts the ball in. All fine, apart from the fact that the attacker was about 3 yards into the box when it was taken, so I blew to disallow...

This really wound me up last night. I totally appreciate that you’ll never get consistency between referees and across games, but at the very least the referees have to be consistent across a single game. No issue with the RodrI or Bernardo cautions in isolation, but Bruno committed a late...

Absolutely the right decision. Well done!

I like the collar but the buttons have always felt flimsy, so was hoping the collarless shirt would be an improvement. Apparently not!

A very first world issue, but has anybody else had any issues with the pockets on the current Nike shirt? I keep my notebook and pen in my shirt pocket and on multiple ocassions this season both of them have fallen out of the pocket mid-sprint. This has never happened to me with any previous...