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Fairly obvious the tackler would come on with the substitute. Less clear what would happen if subs are all used (but why should the injured player's team have 10 for the rest of the game, while the bad tackler's have 11). The point of this change would be to address the fundamental unfairness...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/10046697/Referee-bid-to-punish-bad-tackles-harsher What are your thoughts on these two issues? 1. I tend to agree that if a player receives a caution for a tackle, he should stay off until the injured player or a substitute re-enters. There might be some...

Come to New Zealand! In my city we have 21 divisions playing on Saturday, and only the top 7 get a ref.

At least you are on holiday. I'm out for 6 weeks with some sort of tendon injury.

Not a deliberate pass back for me - more of a deflection. But how did the ref let the teams on with such similar colours?

Our fees are paid out at the end of the season, when the refereeing administration costs have been deducted from match fees, and it usually works out to around $25. Which is a measly 13 of your pounds.

Ah **** you're right. And no, it wasn't the taker touching the ball again - the very senior ref confirmed afterwards it was outside the arc, and I didn't think to double check the laws. Well at least I sold the wrong decision to the manager I guess.

I'm all for using common sense when applying the laws of the game, but to give a red card without justification from the laws would be taking it a bit far in my opinion.

You're absolutely right that you can't send him off if you aren't certain who said it - you could be penalising the wrong player just because he has done it in the past. But you can be clever - I have had a similar incident in the past, where the two players behind me were both from the same...

Your best strategy on your first game might be just to smile and ignore the comments/questions. But generally if I can spare the time - ie if I'm standing at halfway while play is in the other box - I'll answer if they're asking respectfully. For example last week the coach's team took a...

Generally we have unlocked changing rooms, so the team cards go in my bag on the sideline, and the subs' numbers go in my notebook. I figure if there's ever a dispute about what's on the cards which can't wait until after the game, they're not far away.

So you think if a player swears under his breath after miskicking the ball, it's OFFINABUS? I couldn't disagree more, and I think that turns us into moral police instead of enforcers of the laws of the game.

If the substituted player's behaviour hadn't reached the point where you had no choice but to call the referee over and advise him the player had committed OFFINABUS, then preventing that happening by suggesting to his manager that he be moved somewhere else was, in my opinion, superb management...

Nah no stamp. Both going for the ball, player gets his leg under the studs just before they come down. And obviously the ref sees it as a trip when it's just two players trying to occupy the same space at the same time.

I feel like I'm complaining too much...but another to consider in future would be a time zone feature to support our overseas users. That way I could complete my fixtures when I get home, instead of waiting until the next day.

Hope I didn't spoil the result for you! Yeah it's fantastic to see the Costa Rican duo clicking - I just hope they both go to, and get some decent game time at, the World Cup.

Really? I referee to satisfy my innate need for approval from others :) But seriously, sounds good, well done. Feeling like you've forgotten everything you know in the first few games isn't surprising. When it happened to me, at half time my mentor just said "If you forget everything else, just...

Voted wrong option too -should have been No Penalty, Red Card. But only because I haven't seen this in context so I'm assuming there are no defenders who could possibly have got to him. And clearly the initial contact is outside the box.

1. This has been pretty well covered - he's heading away from goal. Sure, if he's not fouled he may have got a shot away, but a bit of stretch to call it "obvious" in my opinion. 2. I would want to see that tackle from a different angle (but then again, the ref doesn't have that luxury). Based...

To give you an example of what Matty means, "down" would be last week, getting hammered 5-0 by the team on the bottom of the table, and "up" would be tonight, beating the team right ahead of us 4-1.