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Yep, clarified with RDO. Just don't know how I got that idea. Every day's a school day

It's not all about posession here. It's about resetting the game to a fairly neutral position, normally following an injury that their teammate may have inadvertently caused. Like I said so long as we do our bit by the book the players can do what they like. Nb In dropped balls where it's hit...

I just drop it to them. If they want to kick it back to the keeper then let them. Fulfil our duties and play on. Ultimately I'm happy to see some remnant of sportsmanship - although it's weird when the rest of the 90 they're happy to hack away.

I now have the prospect of selecting bathroom tiles! 😭

I was worrying about this morning's game - but my League has just cancelled all fixtures. The question will certainly be towards farcical. The players will want a certain element of control. Can they shoot from distance and the ball not end up nowhere near the target (due to the wind not their...

Given the words and tone you describe it sounds red.

Penalty Area. Got it 👍

Really? Just that this was told to me on my course back in August... Of course I may be misremembering :confused:

18 yard box right?

Sounds like it's unavailable for us more because of cost grounds / making football universal then - my first reaction was that it was some kind of exclusivity thing.

All drop balls in the gk area will be to the gk.

Really? Genuine question. Is this an IFAB/FA/CFA/Competition call...

What they said. Life's too short. As an AR I believe you only report the specific cautions that you called right?

Odd that it is so much, maybe they've included some of the capital equipment/recoup the development costs of the technology. You're paying for a Premier League ref (the VAR), an Assistant VAR, a technical operaror (drawing the lines). Then there's the technical side of things - the facility at...

On the pitch, either as a ref or a player, I've never come across it. I think players know it's a taboo and a big fine and ban can follow. In a football crowd I've not seen it either (heckling at players/ref talent - or lack thereof) but nothing racist. Saying that I'm in Somerset which is...

I get what they're trying to do but it's just moving the point of the analysis and will just lead to: is that 10cm or 11cm Better to make it vague e.g. 'if the distance is negligible'

Quite. If you're working with someone you don't know then it's common sense to have a chat. Else things can go wrong - we're not robots and quoting some 'FA guidelines' doesn't help anybody. Less experienced refs can learn so much from their colleagues and to be so brazen is not helping...

Totally agree that a unified DBS across all relevant entities would be a great help. In regards of who should pay... I can see the other side of the coin where to retain referees it works best if they have an outlay beforehand to incentivise them to undertake a number of games afterwards. If...

My ref course supplied them (admittedly I imagine it was paid for in the course fee) I would be interested to know if any CFAs actually don't include flags. I doubt it's many

It actually reads a lot like a college/university thesis. The chapters each introduce a hypothesis and as he goes through summarises his conclusions in each section.