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A player, who has already been cautioned for an earlier offense, has been gobby all match. Can you show him a second caution just to get rid of him for the day? Or, do you have to use the sin bin? Of course, you should always use sin bins when they are in operation; I'm just curious about what...

Keeper gathers the ball in his hands but goes down hurt after a late challenge by an attacker. It would be more advantageous for the goalkeeper if, instead of a free kick, play was just stopped for the injury and play continued with a dropped ball where the keeper can just pick the ball up again...

I like to flip a coin before the real coin toss to decide who gets the call.

Depending on how you want to manage the match, it might be a good idea to show red for both offenses. I'm sure I've read somewhere that the FA decided swearing at the referee should always result in a red card. Anyone know anything about this?

Big Dave will be sent marching to the nearest pastry shop.

Hopefully, teams won't forget that they can kick the ball back to the opposition in these situations which has been tradition for many decades.

It can't be DOGSO if the attacker has had a shot, can it?

Isn't that the point of the new dropped ball law? If a team had possession in the attacking third when play was stopped, they should continue with possession in the attacking third..

Penalty, no card. Although, there are other referees on here with more experience than me - let's see what they say... Edit: My reasoning was it can't be DOGSO if the attacker has had a shot.

(Yes, I was taking about the non-deliberate handball offense) That may be the intention but that's not how the law is written. It is an offense to: 1. Touch the ball with the hand/arm and then, 2. Gain possession/control of the ball and then, 3. Create a goal-scoring opportunity or score a...

It is an offence if a player: deliberately touches the ball with their hand/arm, including moving the hand/arm towards the ball gains possession/control of the ball after it has touched their hand/arm and then: scores in the opponents’ goal creates a goal-scoring opportunity -- Note that...

It's not difficult to consult the public on the wording of new laws before changing them; would solve a lot of problems.

Poor analogy because a referee cannot award a handball if he thinks it was not deliberate (unless other handball criteria apply). "it's is not doing what IFAB intended it to do" If this is true, the blame has to lie with IFAB for not wording the protocol the way they 'intended' it to be...

Let's not mistake 'may assist' for 'must assist'.

I've just scanned the VAR protocol and I can't find anything the Premier League are not complying with. They seem to be complying with the protocol 100%. Worth a read of the protocol before accusing them of non-compliance.

No, I want to be pedantry

*Pedantic

Is there a lot of ass sniffing in rugby?

Referees know what Kane is like

Although wrong, they do seem to have more sense than IFAB; since a temporary dismissal is different to a caution, it would make sense to show a different coloured card.