At Andyw's request
I am NEVER doing small sided again... especially tournaments -.-
I had one last weekend, 6 aside.. it was hell.
To start, the lack of organization was unreal, absolutely terrible. I couldn't believe it myself, but then the attitude of the players.. well.. this was a whole new low I've seen from the local lads. I know they are a bit gobby.. but what I saw was terrible! No respect for any other player on that pitch let alone the officials.
Baring in mind, they had been warned that a red resulting from 2 sin bins, would be a case of miss the next match in the tournament and that be the end of it, but if they recieved a straight red, it would go to the county and they would be looking at a 35 day ban, but the organiser of the tournament, who happened to be a player decided to get mouthy as he didn't like a decision, to which he ended up with a straight red for offinabus. He threatened not to pay me for the day etc, but its a case of make a stand or look like a pushover.
After that, its definately pushed me away from the small sided games, to focus on my 11 aside!!
/rant.
I am NEVER doing small sided again... especially tournaments -.-
I had one last weekend, 6 aside.. it was hell.
To start, the lack of organization was unreal, absolutely terrible. I couldn't believe it myself, but then the attitude of the players.. well.. this was a whole new low I've seen from the local lads. I know they are a bit gobby.. but what I saw was terrible! No respect for any other player on that pitch let alone the officials.
Baring in mind, they had been warned that a red resulting from 2 sin bins, would be a case of miss the next match in the tournament and that be the end of it, but if they recieved a straight red, it would go to the county and they would be looking at a 35 day ban, but the organiser of the tournament, who happened to be a player decided to get mouthy as he didn't like a decision, to which he ended up with a straight red for offinabus. He threatened not to pay me for the day etc, but its a case of make a stand or look like a pushover.
After that, its definately pushed me away from the small sided games, to focus on my 11 aside!!
/rant.