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It would only be a yellow for a DOGSO tackle inside the area where a penalty is awarded. Outside the area - as in this instance - it's a red whether there was a genuine attempt to play the ball or not.

Not so sure myself I think there may well be contact which causes the trip. Also, after a half-hearted attempt to deny responsibility, the defender points outside the box as if to say "I know it was a foul but it definitely wasn't a penalty."

Yes, I've seen that video before. As I said, he doesn't get much now because he has a well earned rep as a diver. I have seen him play for Wednesday several times and at the very least he made and awful lot of very little...in fact the first foul on that video looks suspiciously as if he ran...

You've got to be joking! Forestieri is a classic example of a player who now gets very little because he has an entirely warranted reputation for diving. See also Wifred Zaha.

Although you can accuse Padfoot of many things I don't think being PC is one of them...:confused:

What I don't understand is why he took it off so surreptiously. Was he hoping that his marker wouldn't recognise him until it was too late?

So you would send someone off for language which no-one found offensive, insulting or abusive?

No, you are acknowledging that the language is potentially offensive and so are trying to prevent the offence. If Mrs Brown is not present or does not hear the potentially offensive language then the only offence is dissent due to the language used being language that you have specifically said...

For a less nuclear option than a red for OFFINABUS, if you have asked a player to stop swearing and he doesn't, that is dissent and a straightforward yellow.

Where's @bloovee to explain how this is all part of the establishment conspiracy against City?

I am very much of the opinion with this sort of age group that unless a player is getting a big advantage or doing something incredibly wrong then you just get on with it. I use the "reminder" technique alot to improve things as the match goes on. However, the danger is that once you give one...

No, it can't be SFP but that doesn't mean it has to be VC. It is a trip (ie a foul) and so can be careless, reckless or using excessive force. It can be nothing, yellow or red. In this instance it is obviously not careless but I don't think there is excessive force there - he has used just...

And so by extension, would you RC a player for a push in the back which was designed to stop the opponent heading a ball coming towards him? No attempt to play the ball, just a way to prevent the opponent playing it and therefore any force is excessive...

Yes, it was the referee obviously! http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/everton-fight-punch-video-fan-child-ronald-koeman-europa-league-lyon-a8010531.html

Yep, that was the plan...and if you leave seven up, they opposition leave eight back plus the keeper so they have one taker trying to hit one forward surrounded by three defenders...

I coached a youth team for a few years and if the score line was no longer close (either way) we used to only leave three defenders back for corners and put the rest of the team on the half way line. The confusion this caused for the opposition was incredible - we were once even accused of...

In the latest laws it seems that a yellow card must be shown for a sin bin: The referee will indicate a temporary dismissal by showing a yellow card (YC) and then clearly pointing with both arms to the temporary dismissal area. Elsewhere it is less clear. Red and yellow cards are part of the...

I was watching a match today where a player about to pass to a team mate was tripped but regained his balance, the referee signalled advantage and the player played the pass. In the time that the player was regaining his balance, the player for whom the pass was intended had run marginally...

So, if you placed the ball for a FK, started to pace out the wall, felt the ball hit your head, immediately turned round and saw one player laughing at you and no-one else anywhere near where you placed the ball seconds ago you would do nothing because you hadn't seen the ball kicked? Really...

No, I was responding to Padfoot's which said that if a ball was kicked at me would I caution or laugh it off. Obviously if I were in a position to caution I would be in a position to dismiss which I would do if I felt the ball had been kicked at me deliberately. You introduced what would...