No issue with a red card, how about a yellow for play acting too? Is that possible in the LOTG?
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No issue with a red card, how about a yellow for play acting too? Is that possible in the LOTG?
SM
The avuncular one
Not a great tackle. Got to love downed guys team mates, run straight past the injured man to shout at the ref 
I'm sure it would do nothing but aid match control to caution a fouled player for simulation when you have just sent his "assailant" off...
Match control is king around these parts, you know...
I'm sure it would do nothing but aid match control to caution a fouled player for simulation when you have just sent his "assailant" off...
Match control is king around these parts, you know...
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Not a great tackle. Got to love downed guys team mates, run straight past the injured man to shout at the ref
I'm sure it would do nothing but aid match control to caution a fouled player for simulation when you have just sent his "assailant" off...
Match control is kind around these parts, you know...
The LOTG state that you can caution a player for simulation or "attempting to deceive" but if you've given a red card for the challenge, you'd look a bit of a spoon then cautioning the "victim" for feigning gross injury (even though in this case it would be justified
). Sadly, as referees we're not in a position to judge just how much pain an individual is feeling which is why we now have such a proliferation of players flinging themselves to the floor, screaming in "pain" clutching their faces/legs/ribs etc during any on or off the ball contact with an opponent in an attempt to deceive the referee in to action.It's cheating and bad sportsmanship of the highest order and whilst not "British" it has now infested our top level game due in no small part to the huge influx of foreign players during the last 20 or so years and is now almost considered part of football culture to cheat in this way.
Again, this is just another example of a chance missed recently by Elleray and Co to amend the laws to empower referees to stamp this sort of thing out - instead of spending hours pouring over and tinkering with an already fit-for-purpose offside Law and DOGSO!!
Sorry!! (rant nearly over
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Referees can't get away with it during televised top level matches, but at grass roots where I referee, you can bet I'll instantly caution anybody I see behaving like that. Cheating Jessies!!
CapnBloodbeard
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There's nothing in the LOTG to state he can't be cautioned - and yes, he absolutely deserves to be. It comes down to the area where referees don't like to give decisions that are a bit unusual or difficult to 'sell'. So of course, the integrity of the game is compromised as a result. So these antics are encouraged.
The difficult question is what to do when there's a dive and a foul at the same time. This one is different - a clear foul followed by clear feigning of injury. I'm actually really disappointed the referee accepted this. It needs to be stamped out, and referees as a whole need to stop using 'match control' as an excuse. If things were dealt with consistently across referees, then everybody knows where they stand and there won't be a problem. It's only because referees as a whole encourage this sort of cheating that match control is up the creek to start with. Maybe if refereeing was about applying the LOTG and not pretending and making nonsense up on the fly, then match control would sort itself out as a side effect.
The difficult question is what to do when there's a dive and a foul at the same time. This one is different - a clear foul followed by clear feigning of injury. I'm actually really disappointed the referee accepted this. It needs to be stamped out, and referees as a whole need to stop using 'match control' as an excuse. If things were dealt with consistently across referees, then everybody knows where they stand and there won't be a problem. It's only because referees as a whole encourage this sort of cheating that match control is up the creek to start with. Maybe if refereeing was about applying the LOTG and not pretending and making nonsense up on the fly, then match control would sort itself out as a side effect.
SM
The avuncular one
Feigning injury is difficult. Unless you are medically trained or a specialist in the field of lower limb trauma it would be a very difficult sell.
Perhaps the guy is a baby, but in real pain?
Perhaps he just is very dramatic? Just his nature.
It sounds silly maybe, but you know he has been caught. Who's to say he isn't really hurt?
Perhaps the guy is a baby, but in real pain?
Perhaps he just is very dramatic? Just his nature.
It sounds silly maybe, but you know he has been caught. Who's to say he isn't really hurt?