7-0 cup match players upset
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Of course it was your fault!
I appreciate the feedback could you elaborate on this, as i didn’t have assistant referees for this game
I sense a bit of sarcasm in @socal lurker post. They’re blaming you for a poor performance on their part. Referee is an easy scapegoat for their hammering
I thought that too thank you for the feedback
If you have to operate without assistants, always make it clear to the coaches and captains before the start that your offside and other decisions will be made honestly and immediately, and any dissent will be dealt with.
If ever you do a game that ends 7-0 and the away team don't moan, please let us know - very rare
Don't worry about this one - onwards and upwards!
Sarcasm and cynicism help here sometimes, in terms of brushing it off.
But take it one step further, and break it down for any learning you can take.
You missed an offside - allegedly. What was the score at this stage?
Was the game close?
Did the team crumble after this having been in it?
Or was it goal 3,4,5,6 or 7 and therefore inconsequential?
How did you - and they react at the time? What would you do differently next time, if anything?
But take it one step further, and break it down for any learning you can take.
You missed an offside - allegedly. What was the score at this stage?
Was the game close?
Did the team crumble after this having been in it?
Or was it goal 3,4,5,6 or 7 and therefore inconsequential?
How did you - and they react at the time? What would you do differently next time, if anything?
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None of that really matters. Even if it was a blatant OS miss on the first goal, the R is in no way responsible for a team falling to pieces. Regardless of which goal it was, any miss was inconsequential and whining based on that is just stupid and immature. Indeed, absent amazing and obvious corruption, no 7=0 match that could ever be blamed on a ref. (Hence why I felt it my tongue in cheek initial post was not obnoxious--it is so blatantly obvious the referee is not the cause.)
Assume you were on your own with no assistants? On the rare occasions I do games on my own I say to the captains at the toss that I won't be apologising for missing an offside. I tell them that I might be facing the wrong way when the ball is played, especially for long clearances, and I will just do my best.
If someone tried to blame me for losing when they lost 7-0 and they could only point at one missed offside I would definitely be asking them who was at fault for the other 6 goals. Although appreciate that's an experience thing that wouldn't work for everyone.
If someone tried to blame me for losing when they lost 7-0 and they could only point at one missed offside I would definitely be asking them who was at fault for the other 6 goals. Although appreciate that's an experience thing that wouldn't work for everyone.
I read the OP as someone upset at the comment and wondering what to do next.
I’m trying to work that thought process through and enable the poster to develop a strategy to handle that.
By going over it, we eliminate those things that with experience we really know don’t matter, and hopefully reassure them of this. It might happen again, but when it does they’re better equipped mentally to handle it.
It was 3-0 at this point the goal would have been the 4th but they only started complaining after the goal had gone in which made me doubt the legitimacy of their claims. As for what I could change maybe ask one substitute from each team to run the line
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