Recent content by Robert King

Alright guys, thanks for sharing your experiences! I will take it with me to my next game

When you don't see something, say a handball, and players appeal and want a penalty. Do you say so? Or will you act as if you are 100% certain that it was not a handball....? I was wondering about your experiences, for me personally, I tend to just truthfully say so right after the incident...

Thanks all for your replies! I don't really have the time to reply on each comment individually, but I do appreciate them all. Thanks for all your tips! I did notice during a match that the players were getting more and more frustrated, especially with each other. However, they just refused to...

It's not that I'm overlooking them really, I see them, but don't care :p Meaning: I try to let the game flow as much as possible, and I don't necessarily look at the fouls,but at the player's reactions. So, if someone gets a kick against his leg, but he stays up, keeps dribbling and there are...

Thanks, but thats not the issue haha, because they are almost absolutely right

Is it bad to have the reputation that you won't get a freekick with me reffing unless you actually go to the ground after you receive a kick or shove....?

Thing is that every situation differs. Sometimes the player might lightly touch the ball but hits more leg than ball. I tend to look at how far the ball actually travels from the point of the tackle. Don't know if it is the best way to determine, but I'm not always in the position to judge...

Already thought about the fact that the ball might have been played by the defending team, just touched is enough, which puts the attacker onside? Happens enough that I wave my AR down because I saw that the ball came from the opposing team.

Well, I tried some of the theories which were posted here earlier today with another game. TBH, first half was horrible from my part. Four clear fouls, and I blew it to blow my whistle. When the foul happened I was like: Yeah, that's a foul, I should blow my whistle... and I didn't.... I think...

Oh no, that's not an issue, I'm eager to try this out. :) Yeah, I could work a little bit on that, maybe an added "please" will work better. Overall, I'll just start working more on handling and managing the players, threathen(?) with yellows and call them over for a word. Thanks all!

Spitting is not meant spitting literally, probably something with differences in language... And don't you worry about me not treating players with respect.

About the slowing it down or hurrying it along, I learned my lesson last time when the game ended in a brawl after me letting them play on too much :P And yes, I should have threatened with cards some more. It would have made it a lot better. Thanks both!

Yes, that is true, I can do some more managing of the players. Though it does feel weird to call a 30-50 years old player to the side as a 17 years old. I will try to give some more yellow cards in the future too, but we have this rule that once you get a yellow, you gotta sit for 10 minutes...

Thanks for replying, it was more like one sided fighting. I should have said "attacked". Maybe the other guy did hit the protagonist before I saw him being attacked, but I don't think so. The protagonist didn't give me a hard time. He was quite okay with him being sent off, walked off calmly...

1. I've had one match where the away team did not have an assistent referee. So I called them over at the beginning of the match and told them that it's fine. I can do the running, but I accept no complains whatsoever. For me, it was more or less guessing whether it was offside or not, but...