First Sunday game as a 5, was hoping the higher level would mean less grief!
Minute 2. Orange player passes it straight at me, step over but get a touch on the ball, goes to an orange player so no change in possession, play on - cue all and sundry having a go.
Minute 4, maybe? White wins the ball but his follow-throw wipes orange out. Free kick, and here I make my biggest mistake, gobby manager screams at me from the touchline calling me a ***** - I should have chucked him then.
Minute 7 or so, white breaking away with orange side-by-side, I'm behind so not in the ideal position, an arm comes across from orange but there's nothing I'd call a push, nothing doing. Of course, that causes blooming panedmonium as well! White players up in my face waving arms screaming for a penalty, should have binned two players.
Minute 11. I can't even remember what causes this, but something causes the home manager to take exception and runs on the pitch screaming and tries to fly-kick orange player #6. Red card (I've obviously remembered where I've put them!) and there's a five minute argument about him being allowed to stay as it's a public park. I tell the teams I'm not carrying on with him anywhere near the pitch so he can go to the clubhouse or we can abandon the match. IN the end, we get on with it and he takes his medicine and vanishes.
Minute 80. 5-1 white, not even a competition, white player through and somehow rounds the keeper and hits the post from two yards out. Goalkeeper gets up and pushes him over, and unaccountably, I don't give the easiest penalty I'll ever have to give. I've got this weird hesitation when people are shouting at me to give a decision that, if I give it, I'll appear to have been influenced even if I already know the correct decision - in a more competitive game this would have been a disaster, I just can't wrap my head around it.
Probably the worst performance I've had in two years. Next week I'm off for training with the national team of my martial art, and frankly I think I'll get less stick being beaten up there by people stronger and fitter than me than I will doing another game like that.
Minute 2. Orange player passes it straight at me, step over but get a touch on the ball, goes to an orange player so no change in possession, play on - cue all and sundry having a go.
Minute 4, maybe? White wins the ball but his follow-throw wipes orange out. Free kick, and here I make my biggest mistake, gobby manager screams at me from the touchline calling me a ***** - I should have chucked him then.
Minute 7 or so, white breaking away with orange side-by-side, I'm behind so not in the ideal position, an arm comes across from orange but there's nothing I'd call a push, nothing doing. Of course, that causes blooming panedmonium as well! White players up in my face waving arms screaming for a penalty, should have binned two players.
Minute 11. I can't even remember what causes this, but something causes the home manager to take exception and runs on the pitch screaming and tries to fly-kick orange player #6. Red card (I've obviously remembered where I've put them!) and there's a five minute argument about him being allowed to stay as it's a public park. I tell the teams I'm not carrying on with him anywhere near the pitch so he can go to the clubhouse or we can abandon the match. IN the end, we get on with it and he takes his medicine and vanishes.
Minute 80. 5-1 white, not even a competition, white player through and somehow rounds the keeper and hits the post from two yards out. Goalkeeper gets up and pushes him over, and unaccountably, I don't give the easiest penalty I'll ever have to give. I've got this weird hesitation when people are shouting at me to give a decision that, if I give it, I'll appear to have been influenced even if I already know the correct decision - in a more competitive game this would have been a disaster, I just can't wrap my head around it.
Probably the worst performance I've had in two years. Next week I'm off for training with the national team of my martial art, and frankly I think I'll get less stick being beaten up there by people stronger and fitter than me than I will doing another game like that.
