Hi everyone. Just wanted to say I am new to this forum but have looked at posts for a little while now.
Had a game this weekend (Under 16s) that I am hoping for peoples’ opinions on my handling of:-
To start the game there were a series of handball claims, not given purely because they were deliberate the ball being smashed at the player, flicking off knee onto hand, hand down clearly down by side etc. The manager then proceeded to berate these decisions rather loudly, no swearing or abuse. The game went on and white team player leaves a leg on the keeper, nothing serious but fairly deliberate. I warn him about his behaviour, no less than a minute later he jumps in recklessly and late on opponent, again minimal contact but reckless none the less. He is cautioned. Throughout the duration of the half I warned several players about what was bordering on dissent, all white team players. Just wondering what it takes for people to caution for dissent? General moaning e.g. that should have been a foul was what I had at that point so I hope warnings were best approach. Second half starts white player trips opponent, DFK awarded; he then proceeds to yell openly, loudly and obviously that I am “a joke”. I caution him. This decisions was criticised heavily by the manager (who was yards away) loudly, he swore in frustration something along the lines of this is a “f*****g joke”. I chose to talk to him calmly telling him to calm down and to be quiet basically. Was I too soft or just right? Nothing from him for most of the game until less than two minutes from the end, where there was a careless challenge on their player by the opponents (blues) which I signalled advantage for and yelled as best I could “Play on, advantage”. Despite this he shouted at me about the decision, which I chose to ignore. Final incident of the game, Blue fouls white via a push, white reacts angrily and squares up to Blue. I blow loudly, and pull him aside thankfully containing the situation, and caution him for USB. The manager of the White team came up to me and swore loudly at me. Could I have done anything different or was it just one of those games??
Sorry that was long but lots I wanted to get in!
Had a game this weekend (Under 16s) that I am hoping for peoples’ opinions on my handling of:-
To start the game there were a series of handball claims, not given purely because they were deliberate the ball being smashed at the player, flicking off knee onto hand, hand down clearly down by side etc. The manager then proceeded to berate these decisions rather loudly, no swearing or abuse. The game went on and white team player leaves a leg on the keeper, nothing serious but fairly deliberate. I warn him about his behaviour, no less than a minute later he jumps in recklessly and late on opponent, again minimal contact but reckless none the less. He is cautioned. Throughout the duration of the half I warned several players about what was bordering on dissent, all white team players. Just wondering what it takes for people to caution for dissent? General moaning e.g. that should have been a foul was what I had at that point so I hope warnings were best approach. Second half starts white player trips opponent, DFK awarded; he then proceeds to yell openly, loudly and obviously that I am “a joke”. I caution him. This decisions was criticised heavily by the manager (who was yards away) loudly, he swore in frustration something along the lines of this is a “f*****g joke”. I chose to talk to him calmly telling him to calm down and to be quiet basically. Was I too soft or just right? Nothing from him for most of the game until less than two minutes from the end, where there was a careless challenge on their player by the opponents (blues) which I signalled advantage for and yelled as best I could “Play on, advantage”. Despite this he shouted at me about the decision, which I chose to ignore. Final incident of the game, Blue fouls white via a push, white reacts angrily and squares up to Blue. I blow loudly, and pull him aside thankfully containing the situation, and caution him for USB. The manager of the White team came up to me and swore loudly at me. Could I have done anything different or was it just one of those games??
Sorry that was long but lots I wanted to get in!
