Argy bargy at corner kicks
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"Stop it."
Anything else is wasted air. They know why you are there. I often find getting into the right position, eye contact, a tilted head and a raised eyebrow also has the same effect.
At the first corner of every game, I give a loud "nothing silly" warning. If I still spot something, I'll actually shout the players' numbers and tell them I'm watching. Any more, and I'll make the necessary decision(s) when the ball comes in. I rarely have to get to that point. I have never had to do it twice in the same game. If you are proactive with this, most players will be smart enough to listen.
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Mantaining discipline is the main tone you need to set. Getting to them again will get a harsher calling out or a one on one verbal warning to get the message stated. Anything further after that will come into your own hands to take action.
I used to say that, then thought, what if I miss something, the players will use it against me, I said I'm watching but missed maybe an obvious pull as I was looking at a different area. Tend just to say 'nothing silly, nice and tidy' now, maybe 'end of the half so let's get there with nothing silly' etc.
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Same for me, almost word for word until a couple of years ago, when a smarta55 attacker replied "I'll take my chances". Now I just change "might" with "much more likely" just to balance a pen against a defensive FK.
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In that case, will this rash clear up?
*points to VEO* “You’re on camera, is this really how you want to behave? No, it’s not. Cut it out.”
“Anyone come to watch you guys today? Yeah? They’ve come to watch you play football not behave this, so just play football alright?”
(Make sure they do actually have people watching them lol)
“[number of defender] you’re risking a penalty kick and [number of attacker] you’re risking a goal getting chalked off, it’s not worth the risk for either of you, but it out.”
“[number of defender] you’re risking a penalty kick and [number of attacker] you’re risking a goal getting chalked off, it’s an important game/semi-final/final/grand final. It’s not worth the risk for either of you, cut it out.”
“I don’t mind what you do in your own time but you’re not hugging on my field. Cut it out.”
“Anyone come to watch you guys today? Yeah? They’ve come to watch you play football not behave this, so just play football alright?”
(Make sure they do actually have people watching them lol)
“[number of defender] you’re risking a penalty kick and [number of attacker] you’re risking a goal getting chalked off, it’s not worth the risk for either of you, but it out.”
“[number of defender] you’re risking a penalty kick and [number of attacker] you’re risking a goal getting chalked off, it’s an important game/semi-final/final/grand final. It’s not worth the risk for either of you, cut it out.”
“I don’t mind what you do in your own time but you’re not hugging on my field. Cut it out.”
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I use this with two variations with a bit of Fifa fingers and as quickly as possible. The first I “learnt” this year as AR from two rapidly progressing great refs. Something like:
- For attacker-goalkeeper nonsense - you can be there but if you move to block the GK you’re asking me to make a decision; and GK, if you push him you’re asking me to make a decision.
- Player-on-player nonsense - be smart in the box, you don’t want to spoil a goal or give away a penalty.
…normally I find it’s attackers that initiate nonsense and really I’m really pro-actively pre-selling a defensive DFK. One warning early in the match is usually enough to get the corners “clean”. Very few DFKs and zero pens this season at corners.
