Padfoot
The Persecuted One
Not having a game this morning, and not assessing....thought i would take a wander around my local multi pitch venue and see what was on offer.
Saw 2 of the worst disciplined teams in the local OA league......on separate pitches.
First one was being presided over by a very experienced, very mature, level 5....who i have worked with on many occasions but not seen for a fair while now.
Well.....i can see why one of the teams is so poorly disciplined if they are allowed to get away with what they got away with today.......I would have had 2 off in the first half alone....VC and 2 yellows for dissent...easiest cards ever....
Blue 16 screams at referee from 30 yards "What the F**king hell did you blow your f**ing whistle for..." then 10 mins later screams out in protest at another decision.....neither occasion was dealt with by any action from the ref.
Blue 10 gets fouled on halfway line, jumps up shouting and swearing, grabs hold of his opponent, who was sill on all 4s trying to get up, around the neck, shouting into his face......gets a quick chat and told to calm down.....
Other team......
Had a player sent off inside the first 10 mins for headbutting an opponent......
For most the 2nd half, one of the coaches continuously and loudly berated the referee at every decision......shouted and swore at the opposing coaches and CAR (who happened to be another level 5 ref watching his lad play) and just generally being an absolute ****.
The referee was a young level 7 and it was painful to watch his confidence drain away as the half progressed.....to the point where the away side should have had a stonewall penalty, was raising his whistle to his mouth then gobby started shouting from the touchline and he lowered his whistle and gave nothing.
Of course, 2 mins later the home side went down the other end, and with help from a GK error scored what was the only goal of the game.
At full time, gobby was then squaring up to all and sundry etc etc......
I had a quiet word with the ref on the walk over to the changing rooms and just suggested that he might like to consider reporting the coach..which he was already planning to do.....when gobby himself walked past and had the cheek to say to the ref that he hoped he wasn't going to go telling anyone that he had been a naughty boy!
The really sad thing is that i know this coach personally, and have done for a number of years....and he considers himself a devout christian and is very active within his church community!
Just makes me wonder whether discipline is once again on a downward spiral?
Saw 2 of the worst disciplined teams in the local OA league......on separate pitches.
First one was being presided over by a very experienced, very mature, level 5....who i have worked with on many occasions but not seen for a fair while now.
Well.....i can see why one of the teams is so poorly disciplined if they are allowed to get away with what they got away with today.......I would have had 2 off in the first half alone....VC and 2 yellows for dissent...easiest cards ever....
Blue 16 screams at referee from 30 yards "What the F**king hell did you blow your f**ing whistle for..." then 10 mins later screams out in protest at another decision.....neither occasion was dealt with by any action from the ref.
Blue 10 gets fouled on halfway line, jumps up shouting and swearing, grabs hold of his opponent, who was sill on all 4s trying to get up, around the neck, shouting into his face......gets a quick chat and told to calm down.....
Other team......
Had a player sent off inside the first 10 mins for headbutting an opponent......
For most the 2nd half, one of the coaches continuously and loudly berated the referee at every decision......shouted and swore at the opposing coaches and CAR (who happened to be another level 5 ref watching his lad play) and just generally being an absolute ****.
The referee was a young level 7 and it was painful to watch his confidence drain away as the half progressed.....to the point where the away side should have had a stonewall penalty, was raising his whistle to his mouth then gobby started shouting from the touchline and he lowered his whistle and gave nothing.
Of course, 2 mins later the home side went down the other end, and with help from a GK error scored what was the only goal of the game.
At full time, gobby was then squaring up to all and sundry etc etc......
I had a quiet word with the ref on the walk over to the changing rooms and just suggested that he might like to consider reporting the coach..which he was already planning to do.....when gobby himself walked past and had the cheek to say to the ref that he hoped he wasn't going to go telling anyone that he had been a naughty boy!
The really sad thing is that i know this coach personally, and have done for a number of years....and he considers himself a devout christian and is very active within his church community!
Just makes me wonder whether discipline is once again on a downward spiral?
