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Listed below are comments made by Walrus between Sunday, 1st June 2008 and Thursday, 16th April 2009.

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Review of the week 5:59pm on 16 Apr 2009 How is Robbie Blake a "spoonerism"?
Farewell to all that 6:25pm on 16 Oct 2008 So the BBC got caught right up in all the hype and were probably its main source.

Then they come out to say "now its all gone...I wonder why"

The Olympics this summer were nothing special...yes we did very well but at sports only few other nations give the same level of funding for.
Nothing to get too carried away about...which everyone did!
Twenty20 must be given room to breathe 3:50pm on 11 Jul 2008 T20 will one day be the only form of cricket. Then those who can will take the money and run and the game will be ruined forever.
Cricket is definately on the down.
You Are The Ref - the final 12:41pm on 29 Jun 2008 No1 is right.
The ref can choose to replace a linesman if he needs to...he can send them off if he wants to!

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20061203/ai_n16890096
You Are The Ref answer and suggestions 10:30pm on 24 Jun 2008 Another one..:)

A goalkeeper and an attacker go up for a cross in the box. They collide with each other and both go down injured. It was an accidental collision, with no free kick either way.

Both need the physios to come on to help them, and they both recover.

My question is this. Does the attacker have to go off the pitch for 10 seconds? This rule usually applies to outfield players, but not to keepers, so what would happen in this situation?
You Are The Ref answer and suggestions 10:23pm on 24 Jun 2008 Another, possibly better scenario:

A player from Team A is chasing a player from Team B down the wing. The player from Team B makes a sliding tackle from behind but makes contact with the ball before touching the player as he comes slightly from the side.

The player from Team A goes down claiming a free kick and a yellow card for the Team B player, who says that as he touched the ball first it wasn't a foul, even though the tackle was from behind.

What do you do?
You Are The Ref answer and suggestions 10:20pm on 24 Jun 2008 Here is my scenario...

You are refereeing a local game in a park, Team A are beating Team B 2-0. Its raining reasonably heavily, but not enough to affect the pitch too much. You hear thunder in the distance. Knowing that this is a danger you think about stopping the game, but dont see any lightning.

The thunder keeps sounding and several of the players from Team B complain that they have seen lightning and they are concerned, but you havent seen any, neither have your assistants and no-one from Team A has complained.

Suddenly Team B decide they have had enough and 5 members leave the field of play, leaving them with 6 players, too few.

Although they have forefitted the game they complain that it was due to a safety risk that wasn't properly dealt with by the referee.

What do you do?
I know what I would do but it would be interesting to hear other peoples inputs.
You Are The Ref #2 5:36pm on 04 Jun 2008 Its a tricky one this...anywhere else on the pitch if a player ran on it would be free kick and a yellow card.
Strictly speaking the punishment shouldn't change, therefore penalty and yellow card, but then you have to take into account denying a clear goalscoring opportunity.

But to clear up:
AN INDIRECT FREE KICK INSIDE THE AREA DOES NOT REQUIRE THE WALL TO BE 10 YARDS BACK IF THE BALL IS CLOSER THAN 10 YARDS TO THE GOAL.

If an indirect free kick is 6 yards away, the wall stand on the line.

And also, it is not an offence to be waved back onto the field by the referee if you are not at the half way line...players come on from all sections of the pitch.

For this scenario, the law probably states it is only a yellow card offence, but most referees would give a red.
As for the technicalities between a penalty and an indirect free kick, Im not sure...
You Are The Ref - your suggestions 3:48pm on 01 Jun 2008 @280...of course it stands...they didnt break any rules as they may/may not have "staged" a fight...
How many times do you see 2 players line up a free kick then one drift away at the last minute, unmarked. Is this bad sportsmanship?
You Are The Ref - your suggestions 3:09pm on 01 Jun 2008 137/275...
The goal would stand as the player hasnt been sent off. The ref played advantage, so if the attack was thwarted quickly he could call it back for a free kick, or else he would have to play on. The striker would score and then be sent off.
Although any straight red tackle like that would probably stop play straight away, regardless of advantages...

Come on people, most of these are far too obvious answers....obviously gymnasts arent allowed on goal posts...lets think up some challenging scenarios where we have to think to work out what will be done.

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