Hello again. Nearly there with my first season, had an interesting one yesterday which was ok as it happened but made me think about it afterwards.
u15s lower league boys, decent game, one of the top teams against one of the bottom teams but the weaker (home) team were winning and had been physically dominating the better (away) team. Manager of the losing team was getting a bit mardy with the physical game but I'd vocalised to the players and coaches early on that I was happy to let the game flow as long as they kept the challenges fair. (he wanted every little touch to be a free kick, ex pro player). To be fair to the away team they were giving as good as they got but getting pulled into the physical game instead of playing football...
So the losing team are getting a bit radgy, it's 2-1 with about 10 minutes left. One of the losing teams smaller players (at this age you get kids like him who look about 12 and some who look about 22) had been leaving a bit on in tackles a couple of times, nothing serious so I'd had a word with him in passing to pack it in, in order to let the game flow - however, in the centre circle he gets the ball and is fouled clearly and strongly by a poor slide tackle (a bit of retribution for the tackles he had been leaving a bit on) - the ball pops out to one of his team mates - whistle is in the lips ready to blow for the foul, but I can see the wingers made a run and the midfielder is about to pass it so I shout 'advantage' for the losing team, do the one hand signal and go to run to keep up with the game.
As I go to run past the (fouled) lad on the floor, he gets up and pushes the other lad over, who gets up and pushes him back and another player gets involved - I blow the whistle (quite loudly), everyone stops apart from the altercation and I step in and sort it out, have a chat with the two players involved and the captains and then award the free kick to the away team for the original foul. Losing team manager is angry with me for bringing it back, but it seemed like the right thing to do to prevent escalation and possible violence/cards being issued.
So I understand you can play advantage if you are issuing a card for the offence, even if it's a red as I understand, but what if the offence continues into 'afters' after you've played the advantage...
cheers for your thoughts. I think I'm going to do more 15s-18s next season, its a better mind set and easier to work with than the 13s and 14s who just gob off all the time.
u15s lower league boys, decent game, one of the top teams against one of the bottom teams but the weaker (home) team were winning and had been physically dominating the better (away) team. Manager of the losing team was getting a bit mardy with the physical game but I'd vocalised to the players and coaches early on that I was happy to let the game flow as long as they kept the challenges fair. (he wanted every little touch to be a free kick, ex pro player). To be fair to the away team they were giving as good as they got but getting pulled into the physical game instead of playing football...
So the losing team are getting a bit radgy, it's 2-1 with about 10 minutes left. One of the losing teams smaller players (at this age you get kids like him who look about 12 and some who look about 22) had been leaving a bit on in tackles a couple of times, nothing serious so I'd had a word with him in passing to pack it in, in order to let the game flow - however, in the centre circle he gets the ball and is fouled clearly and strongly by a poor slide tackle (a bit of retribution for the tackles he had been leaving a bit on) - the ball pops out to one of his team mates - whistle is in the lips ready to blow for the foul, but I can see the wingers made a run and the midfielder is about to pass it so I shout 'advantage' for the losing team, do the one hand signal and go to run to keep up with the game.
As I go to run past the (fouled) lad on the floor, he gets up and pushes the other lad over, who gets up and pushes him back and another player gets involved - I blow the whistle (quite loudly), everyone stops apart from the altercation and I step in and sort it out, have a chat with the two players involved and the captains and then award the free kick to the away team for the original foul. Losing team manager is angry with me for bringing it back, but it seemed like the right thing to do to prevent escalation and possible violence/cards being issued.
So I understand you can play advantage if you are issuing a card for the offence, even if it's a red as I understand, but what if the offence continues into 'afters' after you've played the advantage...
cheers for your thoughts. I think I'm going to do more 15s-18s next season, its a better mind set and easier to work with than the 13s and 14s who just gob off all the time.