This is one if I had to do over again..... still tough call
1-0 game home team leading. This is a neutral ground game and I use home and away for identification. Lot of gamesmanship and bickering by away team. Throwing near MIDFIELD. AR2 trailing play by about 20 yards flags throw for away team as I am immediately and simultaneously signaling throw for home team (I could see but AR could not that the ball skipped off away team defender's thigh). Home team takes quick throw. One away player was running to try to take throw as well (no tussle for ball and note that I immediately signalled the other way). 4-5 Away team ayers decide to run to me to argue the throw rather than defend creating a quick promising attack that leads to a goal. Cue much more dissent from away team.
Here is the dilemma. Ultimately it is the CR's call. This is not the case of a switched call which should prompt a whistle and allowance for everyone to shift and get ready. I (CR) signalled immediately from 7-10 yards away the correct direction of the throw while AR (who is a referee) signalled from 10-15 yards away and behind the play the other direction. I'm torn on this one. In hindsight I could have denied the home team the quick throw and made it on the whistle. The defending team decided to run to me to protest rather than defend. I really think the away team did this to themselves BUT could easily have paused the game and made it on the whistle but I think both decisions could easily be right. Hard pressed to deny proper and fair possession, quick restart and subsequent goal to a team when the other team (who had been dissenting all game already) decided to stop defending to come argue while the game was going on. Tough on I shall second guess for a while
1-0 game home team leading. This is a neutral ground game and I use home and away for identification. Lot of gamesmanship and bickering by away team. Throwing near MIDFIELD. AR2 trailing play by about 20 yards flags throw for away team as I am immediately and simultaneously signaling throw for home team (I could see but AR could not that the ball skipped off away team defender's thigh). Home team takes quick throw. One away player was running to try to take throw as well (no tussle for ball and note that I immediately signalled the other way). 4-5 Away team ayers decide to run to me to argue the throw rather than defend creating a quick promising attack that leads to a goal. Cue much more dissent from away team.
Here is the dilemma. Ultimately it is the CR's call. This is not the case of a switched call which should prompt a whistle and allowance for everyone to shift and get ready. I (CR) signalled immediately from 7-10 yards away the correct direction of the throw while AR (who is a referee) signalled from 10-15 yards away and behind the play the other direction. I'm torn on this one. In hindsight I could have denied the home team the quick throw and made it on the whistle. The defending team decided to run to me to protest rather than defend. I really think the away team did this to themselves BUT could easily have paused the game and made it on the whistle but I think both decisions could easily be right. Hard pressed to deny proper and fair possession, quick restart and subsequent goal to a team when the other team (who had been dissenting all game already) decided to stop defending to come argue while the game was going on. Tough on I shall second guess for a while