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Hoping teams don't decide to copy the Arsenal shirt number design, really difficult to identify players.

To be fair the lino was actually the 4O who stepped in at halftime, likely first time he's had hold of a flag for several years.

So really for most people (and the angry no. 6 😃) we are essentially back to accidental or deliberate.

IFABs twitter post today - I would say that the question is almost a perfect description of the non-handball by Germany?

Start of this season I learnt an important lesson when being abused on the line (dug-out side where most came from a manager) ….. If there’s an Assessor present than the bar is 'normal' / low. If there’s no Assessor, then the bar is high. Assessor Marks v. Club Marks 😊

Same for dissent gesturing - it's visible to everyone, no debate, it's plain and simple ... apply the laws! Now he does two dissents in 2-seconds. From one extreme to another.

Looked like the yellow was for kicking the ball away?

I think you've answered your own question. In my experience it's all about the team managers attitude.

I wear contact lenses to referee and can struggle to see the remaining time, particularly in rain, floodlights (it's a watch that vibrates, so not a big issue on knowing when times up). My problem is the constant last 30-minutes requests of "how long is left?". Can anyone recommend a simple...

Use them, like them. Observations:- • Relatively complex (compared to Yellow/Red • No financial consequence • Lack of understanding from players/managers/spectators • Leads to time wasting • 10-minutes of "how long left ref?" • Simultaneous bins more complicated

Fingers crossed for a few more of this, it can only help. Perhaps random selection of player, but "surprises" like this are what's needed to shut down multiple players surrounding the referee.

The "problem" here is that an ifk 'rewards' the attacker by limiting the keepers choices of distribution. So to redress the balance, it should be a yellow card offence - after all it's very similar/ same type of offence as delaying a restart.

How does the "independent disciplinary" fit in Rusty and who are the members? It sounds like an "arm's length" creation so that the FA can always say "wasn't our decision"?

Reality for the kids I coach, is that they'll be at home on their Xbox's on Sunday morning, instead of observing a minutes silence before KO 🤷‍♀️

Agreed, the exception being where VAR is in operation and it can be reviewed from a number of angles.