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I agree. This is another case of trying to find a new solution when the right solution has always been there. In the documentary Kill the Referee, Michel Platini speaks to some of the officials at the Euro 2008 tournament and says (I'm paraphrasing) that referees have all of the tools they need...

Absolutely agreed. The perfect application of "clear and obvious error" for this kind of situation.

AA is covered in the Interpretations of the Laws of the Game.

I will say that I think shouting unnecessarily is a substitute for good, consistent and appropriate game management. If, within 15 minutes, the players have not already understood what is, in your opinion, acceptable or not it is likely that you are not being as consistent in your decision...

Well, I try my best to always use direct LOTG language so the in my opinion is the appropriate form of "in the opinion of the referee."

In my experience, they don't wait around for 30-40 minutes to even have the chat.

I loved the podcast; thought MD did a fantastic job. I haven't seen the comments (I avoided them; you're braver than I am) but I will go have a read of then soon.

Something like "in the 33rd minute of the match, I showed a red card and sent off Mr. Bean, a member of the FC D*ckheads coaching staff. He refused to leave the field of play and its immediate surroinds and, in my opinion, adopted an aggressive posture towards me so I abandoned the match."...

Just food for thought: a coach or member if technical staff entering the field of play to confront a referee before, during, or after the match is a red card offense. This is what you should report the sending off as when you report sending the coach off, as opposed to OFFINABUS which is an...

Well you know how obvious some players need you to be!

Hence the first part of the quote.

The same people who complained about decisions not being correctly given ruining the game and now complain about VAR ruining the game also complain when referees have no personality and can't have fun but also complain when referees have personalities and fun. With some folks, you can't win for...

As Jose said: Dier behaved in a way that professionals cannot behave; but everyone would have done the same thing. I expect him to get a slap on the wrist from the FA and I do not expect the club to take any action against Dier.

I'm a Spurs supporter so I'll recuse myself. But that was hard to watch.

They get confused, bless them, about persistent infringement. They have somehow come to believe that PI is a prerequisite for a booking.

I don't know about knowledge; but we certainly have a lot of opinions. Welcome aboard.

Also, there is no such thing as offsides.

That doesn't seem like an unreasonable fee for two days' lodging, feeding and programme.

The answer is that injuries don't ever warrant bookings; only misconduct warrants bookings.

You've only one person to blame for that;)