Stuart McKenzie
referee on tour in the summer
Your pre match preparation of this game was mixed, your boots were dirty and had not been cleaned since your last game, your checking of the players boots and jewelry was haphazard to say the least, it was just going through the motions with players milling about, try getting them to line up then walk along the front checking for rings earrings and neck chains, then walk along the rear of the line checking the studs. You missed the blue team goalkeeper who was wearing yellow socks, with black tape, the same colour socks as the yellow team. There was confusion whenyou asked a yellow player to change the tape on his socks he thought you meant change his socks to black the same as his tape, that caused confusion in the second half of the game. I did not witness you doing a warm up before the game, but credit to you for making sure that the balls were of the correct pressure with you doing the inflating.
Application of Law. This game was played in a good spirit, an even game fast with attacks from both sides. Your general recognition of foul play was consistant, the foul count in this game was low, in the 1st half yellow team were penalised just twice in 38th and 41st minutes, blue team were the main offenders committing 9 penalised foul challenges. The main culprit being the No 7 who commited foul challenges in the 4th , 11th and 28th minutes, you did give a public admonishment to him warning him about his challenges, the half finished with blue team leading by 1 goal to nil. The second half continued in the same way, still fast and intense but with fewer foul challenges being committed, 3 by yellow team and 2 by blue team, the No 7 committed his 4th foul challenge in the 68th minute no misconduct action taken, a caution for persistent misconduct ought to have been administered, a minute later you cautioned the yellow No 2 for dissent, he had been no trouble to you throughout the game a verbal warning would have been sufficient you were not consistent in your decisions. Towards the end of the match when blue team were under pressure in their own penalty area there was a lot of foul language being shouted out loud, mainly by the blue No 7. you chose to ignore it and he escaped any sanction once again. To your credit you picked up a foul throw, all substitutions were carried out on the half way line and you restarted play correctly when you stopped play after a dog started chasing the ball with a correctly administered drop ball.
Match Control. You appeared confident throughout the game and you used the stepped approach when dealing with misconduct using the captains on two occasions, spoke to yellow No 23 with the captain in attendance, no further action was needed, spoke to blue No 9 with captain in attendance, no further action was needed, you gave the blue No 7 a public admonishment, but no further act was taken when it was needed. I heard you talking to players throughout explaining decisions or non decisions, giving time remaining when asked. You seemed to be a little bemused when the blue No 5 went down with an injury in the 60th minute, a substitution was asked for, it was then you realised the yellow player had the black socks on instead of yellow, play was halted for 5 minutes not due to the injury but with you trying to sort the situation out. Positioning and Movement. You had a good understanding of the diagonal path of control, being flexible when needed to get closer to the play, the one positioning point is that when the goalkeeper has ball in hand and is going to clear the ball upfield, when you run to position you ended up with your back towards the active assistant, this did not occur when the goalkeeper took a goal kick. At ceremonial free kick situations you made sure the defensive wall was back the required distance, then took up your position before play was restarted. Fitness. This was an evenly matched game played at a fast pace play going from one end of the field to the other in equal measures, there were very few times when you could have had a rest, you coped very well with just a small measure of tiredness creeping into your game in the last 10 minutes. Management. Your arm directional signals were well made out straight parallel to the ground, your whistle could be heard around the field of play although you did not have to vary the tone during the game, in the 10th minute the yellow assistant indicated a direction to which you disagreed, there was no communication between you both, to keep the assistant on your side you need to consult him and then explain your decision.
Alertness and Awareness. There were not many opportunities to apply the advantage clause during this game, but one played in the 38th minute to blue didn't accrue and you brought the play back, you were quickly aware of the one injury situation and the dog on the field of play dealing with them both.
Application of law below standard
Match control standard
Positioning standard
Fitness above standard
Management standard
Alertness and awareness standard
Ps I have already had two assessments below standard so all opinions appreciated
Application of Law. This game was played in a good spirit, an even game fast with attacks from both sides. Your general recognition of foul play was consistant, the foul count in this game was low, in the 1st half yellow team were penalised just twice in 38th and 41st minutes, blue team were the main offenders committing 9 penalised foul challenges. The main culprit being the No 7 who commited foul challenges in the 4th , 11th and 28th minutes, you did give a public admonishment to him warning him about his challenges, the half finished with blue team leading by 1 goal to nil. The second half continued in the same way, still fast and intense but with fewer foul challenges being committed, 3 by yellow team and 2 by blue team, the No 7 committed his 4th foul challenge in the 68th minute no misconduct action taken, a caution for persistent misconduct ought to have been administered, a minute later you cautioned the yellow No 2 for dissent, he had been no trouble to you throughout the game a verbal warning would have been sufficient you were not consistent in your decisions. Towards the end of the match when blue team were under pressure in their own penalty area there was a lot of foul language being shouted out loud, mainly by the blue No 7. you chose to ignore it and he escaped any sanction once again. To your credit you picked up a foul throw, all substitutions were carried out on the half way line and you restarted play correctly when you stopped play after a dog started chasing the ball with a correctly administered drop ball.
Match Control. You appeared confident throughout the game and you used the stepped approach when dealing with misconduct using the captains on two occasions, spoke to yellow No 23 with the captain in attendance, no further action was needed, spoke to blue No 9 with captain in attendance, no further action was needed, you gave the blue No 7 a public admonishment, but no further act was taken when it was needed. I heard you talking to players throughout explaining decisions or non decisions, giving time remaining when asked. You seemed to be a little bemused when the blue No 5 went down with an injury in the 60th minute, a substitution was asked for, it was then you realised the yellow player had the black socks on instead of yellow, play was halted for 5 minutes not due to the injury but with you trying to sort the situation out. Positioning and Movement. You had a good understanding of the diagonal path of control, being flexible when needed to get closer to the play, the one positioning point is that when the goalkeeper has ball in hand and is going to clear the ball upfield, when you run to position you ended up with your back towards the active assistant, this did not occur when the goalkeeper took a goal kick. At ceremonial free kick situations you made sure the defensive wall was back the required distance, then took up your position before play was restarted. Fitness. This was an evenly matched game played at a fast pace play going from one end of the field to the other in equal measures, there were very few times when you could have had a rest, you coped very well with just a small measure of tiredness creeping into your game in the last 10 minutes. Management. Your arm directional signals were well made out straight parallel to the ground, your whistle could be heard around the field of play although you did not have to vary the tone during the game, in the 10th minute the yellow assistant indicated a direction to which you disagreed, there was no communication between you both, to keep the assistant on your side you need to consult him and then explain your decision.
Alertness and Awareness. There were not many opportunities to apply the advantage clause during this game, but one played in the 38th minute to blue didn't accrue and you brought the play back, you were quickly aware of the one injury situation and the dog on the field of play dealing with them both.
Application of law below standard
Match control standard
Positioning standard
Fitness above standard
Management standard
Alertness and awareness standard
Ps I have already had two assessments below standard so all opinions appreciated
