I'm also conflicted that "children" are not behaving like "children".
When i was 16 i wouldn't have spoken to adults or referees like the youth do now.
When you give a bit back suddenly parents and/or players become enraged but don't or cannot see what they have done wrong at all. They're...
Sometimes my decisions are questioned by 16 year olds during the game. I mean publicly and from over 20 yards away.
I sometimes reply with "Number ?, if i need your help i will ask but thank you.".
A short while back a Child Welfare Officer came accross to me at full time.
"You cannot speak...
Red players mouths off over a penalty so he gets sin binned.
Second half same player makes a stupidly late reckless tackle. Yellow card.
At this point the blue team are asking why no red card? I explain that a sin bin and a "normal yellow" don't make red. Even the manager of the blue team...
Agree but some wont be told.
He told me he found it offesnsive but took the "quck and easy option".
For me, just me, this is close to a straight red, but i don't like loud swearing AT me.
A referee told me about an incident in is game last week.
He cautioned a youth player for grabbing an opponent by the shirt in an aggressive manner - AAA.
After the card was shown the player called him "a f*****g joker"!
The ref then showed a second yellow and the red.
Would the second...
Yesterday a gk was warned for timewasting - first offence. GK did it again - yellow card. Did it a third time - warned (again).
There's definitely a reluctance to issue second warranted yellows league two and upwards.
i've only seen him ref once so cannot say much but his dad - well, he was a bit special.
Saw him ref at Priestfield a few times and he never disappointed. I'm not sure his kids will out-perform him.
my memory must be playing tricks with me. i remember something about not blowing for trifling fouls not in the lotg but maybe in the explanations of the laws.I
But this has most likely to have been superceded. i expect mr grove to know this.
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