Recent content by Pwizardo

To be fair I was there yesterday and thought it was curving towards the corner flag (and away from Martins) in real time, so I think yellow was the correct decision. Funnily enough, my Sunderland supporting (non-referee) mate thought it was a red!

Slightly off topic, but I had an incident a couple of weeks ago where a defender got hit straight in the groin area and went down (understandbly). As I was going over to ask if he wanted treatment, an opposition striker came running over and said "let me handle this", proceeding to jiggle the...

Definitely a skill to learn to focus on the positives as well as the negatives - aim for as many positives as you can get! "I was positioned well for this incident, maybe I didn't get it right, but I gave myself the best chance and I was credible" sort of thing - that way you're not constantly...

Refereeal love?

This thread has been quite eye-opening. I think I now realise why interviewers haven't been offering me the job!

Absolutely this - I had a game a couple of weeks ago where I felt I'd not had my best game but a few players came up to me afterwards complimenting my performance. One of them even said I was the best ref they'd had this season because I explained everything to them - as a young ref myself I...

I would hazard a guess that the answer will be "it depends" in the typical style. However, if Gabriel gets a proper response then I nominate him to replace James as our resident IFAB contact! ;)

I'm thinking it's an unsuccessful attempt to prevent a goal by handling but could be wrong on that one

1) DFK, YC (a goal can't have been denied if the ball went into the goal is my thinking) 2) Allow goal, YC (same-ish thinking as above) 3) DFK, RC (denying the opposing team a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by a handball offence (except a goalkeeper within their penalty area)) Must...

I think I've made a horrible mistake in reading comprehension :oops: I didn't intend the kick off bit! However, picture this if you will: 87' Red team down to 7 players (3VCs and an OFFINABIS), Blue have just scored their second to make it 2-1 in the cup semi-final. In desperation, the Red...

Hypothetically, what if the second touch resulted in DOGSO?

Luckily I had 22 more qualified refs than me during my match yesterday - one of whom assured me that it wasn't a red card for DOGSO because "I didn't do it deliberately"

He's done a few Sidemen(?) charity matches hasn't he which I haven't seen much backlash from so maybe Clattenburg is accepted in these situations now? Besides from being booked when a player produced an UNO reverse card mind!

I'm also quite a new-ish ref and certainly listen to the better ones on this thread already, but I found once I had my first red card (the easiest VC for a sub you'll ever see) I was much more comfortable using cards. If a player earns one they've earned it and we're obliging them. I appreciate...

So IFAB are basically saying you can do either and not be wrong - hope this helps? Have they sent you a reply where they haven't said that yet?!