Match Control......nothing to do with AoL........
OK, I'll ask another question then. Which competency are you going to mark them down on? Remember that observers at county levels are now supposed to be coaches rather than assessors.
Match Control......nothing to do with AoL........
Would you let a quick one in the attacking 3rd?If you've already told them its on the whistle then it's not a mistake.............Could have been a quickie on my pitch.........
OK, I'll ask another question then. Which competency are you going to mark them down on? Remember that observers at county levels are now supposed to be coaches rather than assessors.
Certainly and why not?Would you let a quick one in the attacking 3rd?
Just asking, because it's personal preference because I always blow the whistle in the attacking 3rd for a free kick.Certainly and why not?
Anyone who is worried about match control really must doubt their own ability.......
Why deny the offended team the advantage of a quick one? Don't get me wrong, once I start having to place the ball or set the wall all bets are off, on the whistle it will be. Allowed these many, many times but admittedly, the norm is "they're not ten yards ref" or similar so on the whistle it will be.Just asking, because it's personal preference because I always blow the whistle in the attacking 3rd for a free kick.
WIthout digging out the handbook, I am sure that for all levels there would be an appropriate competency under AoL or match control that could apply to this situation. Off the top of my head I am sure that there is something along the lines of willingness to make decisions and control situations.....or recognising when to take disciplinary action and dealing with dissent.
At supply league level I am sure there is a something about "predictability" when issuing cards......at that level most would be expecting a caution for that specific scenario.
Agree with what you said for the last part, certainly. It's rare you see a team in the attacking third taking a quick one. Also, IF the temperature of the game is very high, then you can use this to your advantage.Why deny the offended team the advantage of a quick one? Don't get me wrong, once I start having to place the ball or set the wall all bets are off, on the whistle it will be. Allowed these many, many times but admittedly, the norm is "they're not ten yards ref" or similar so on the whistle it will be.
To signal for the corner kick, or literally just before it was about to be taken?Slightly off topic but, do I imagine or did I imagine it, but, Mark Clattenburg seemed to whistle before every corner kick ?
A retake obviously going to happen, but after consideration and reading posts on here, a caution only seems necessary if I have clearly told the taker and all other players that it is on the whistle, I.e. “It’s on the whistle guys!” Whilst holding my whistle above my head.
I think that clearly tells everyone what is going on, and anyone deciding to take the kick before I signal the restart deserves what they get.
I think if another player ran up and took it who was nowhere near when I announced it was on the whistle then I may give them the benefit of the doubt as to whether they knew it was on the whistle. But they’d have to have been right back in their own half with their keeper.
But then it comes down to the match temperament as well, I’d be less inclined to give anyone the benefit of the doubt in a feisty match where I’ve already had several cautions and players trying to push their luck etc.
I've seen it happen a few times, but not very often.
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Let me throw this into the mix. Nowhere in the Laws does it say that a signal is required for a free kick to be taken unlike a PK. It is in the Advice and Interpretation but not the Laws.
Also whose benefit is the whistle for? So for me the player has not heeded the instruction, he has taken the kick at goal, made a rickets of it so I am not giving him a second go after a sighter or allowing a change of plan on the kick. Anyway who is going to complain! The kicker, his team? "You took the kick, you got on with it". If he was being a smart A€&@ taking advantage of no whistle why give him another go. Different matter if the defending team is disadvantaged by the referee being in the way, unsighted, a pass, player being cautioned, spoken to out of position and opponents waiting on the whistle.
It is not one size fits all or black and white that it has to be a retake every single time.