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Are you serious? Have you seen it back? Are we both talking about the challenge on Foden? It’s a red card on any day, in any league, every single day of the week

Imagine being that referee. Would you confidently abandon the game in the knowledge there's also a flip side where it could be career over if it's deemed you did the wrong thing?

I tend to show both sides of my card ;)

I think you either set out a protocol that play strecthes back to either the last restart or the point where the team gained possession, or you say what has been said and the term 'attacking phase of play' - emphasis being on attacking. Clearly Sa having the ball in his hands, releasing it to a...

I don't think so. It says 'may' therefore not must and also the backpass wasn't how they gained possession. They already had possession at that point. I think that clause just reserves to right for VAR to review it if there is a very clear foul not given which results in a team obtaining the...

Had to google to check if a monitor was a type of lizard after approx 20 seconds of pondering... 4/10.

If it was the other way round and the defender player it off of the attacker to the goalkeeper, even if the touch by the attacker was extremely faint and didn't alter the direction of the ball, the goalkeeper would be able to pick it up, however this isn't the case here. I do now know for a...

Highly unlike game will have ET, but ensure you're familiar with competition rules to be safe. Penalty shoot outs, definitely ensure you're familiar with.

Would be shocked if this is actually the case. More likely that it’s out of VARs remit due to not being part of the attacking phase of play

He does ultimately stop it while the offending team have possession, but it takes him a while so he's probably not actually realised himself immediately what's happened - or it took him a while to register what happened and decide a caution was appropriate.

Funnily enough I mentioned in front of another National list referee that I thought the caution (second caution in this case) was entirely appropriate as it was very clearly an unsporting act and he said he would have been tempted instead to hold up the game and make said player go and get the...

I've also been at a league one match where a referee showed a player a second yellow card, followed by a red, then appeared to bizarrely allow the away team dugout to convince him it was only the players first yellow so he cancelled the red and allowed him to stay on. I was sat next to the ARs...

I've not yet had it where I've forgotten that I'd cautioned a player, but I did have an equally concerning almost opposite situation a couple of years ago. I was being observed on a game and I cautioned a player with 2 minutes to go. When I went to record it (after showing the caution) I noticed...

I wouldn't even say a faster pace to be honest. If anything maybe slower, but a lot more physical. You may have to adjust your threshold for physical contact, but you'll learn as you go.

Hi Well done for making the step in to open age. I actually started on open age immediately so I can't tell you about the step up itself, but having also done a fair bit of u18s since (which is the lowest age I've done) I would say there's not a massive difference. Once they're around 17 the...

Yeah I see a red on this one personally.

Am I the only one who can't really even see much of a foul before we even look at DOGSO? I am watching it on a jumpy and laggy pc though...

Would he not learn if he were less handsome? (I jest) Yeah an uncomfortable watch sadly. But we're all susceptible to these brain fart moments.

Tierney has tried to stop their centre circle huddle and its backfired on him sadly. Rosenior very much following the Postecoglu route of seeming like a great guy who talks sense until under pressure and now talking absolute waffle. Complained that an opposition player stepped in to his half...

It is relevant though, because you (or most) would never be giving an IDFK for it, yet in law it's an offence.