ladbroke8745
RefChat Addict
I'm not saying no one is super fit, or completely unfit, before anyone says.
If a league stipulates 5 minutes half time, even 10 minutes, and I'm talking youth football here, maybe even Sunday morning, do you take the full quoted minutes or do you get back on asap to finish the game and get home that extra couple minutes earlier than planned?
I ask because a game I had recently before I even reached my bag, after retrieving the ball, the players were back on the pitch. I use the refsix app so it counts down how long half time has already been, and on this occasion it was literally about 1 minute 15 seconds when they got back on the field.
Now, as I said, I'm not trying to determine anyone's fitness or anything but for me I needed a breather. It was 40 minutes each way game. They played the longest of long ball game I've had in a long time and I was trying to catch my breath. I needed a drink and a rest.
But I was getting looks from almost everyone as if they're saying "come on ref".
It got me thinking... it's ok for them (the players). A defender when they're attacking gets a breather on the half way line, an attacker when they're defending gets a breather etc whilst a ref runs past them every time to keep up with play. And when a player gets tired, they get subbed - roll on, roll off.
I remember when I first passed, many many moons ago, before roll on, roll off, when they took their allotted time for a break. They conserved and regained energy where possible. But seems that now and now they could just go straight through 80 minutes without a half time and don't care about the ref. It almost felt like a water break to me.
If a league stipulates 5 minutes half time, even 10 minutes, and I'm talking youth football here, maybe even Sunday morning, do you take the full quoted minutes or do you get back on asap to finish the game and get home that extra couple minutes earlier than planned?
I ask because a game I had recently before I even reached my bag, after retrieving the ball, the players were back on the pitch. I use the refsix app so it counts down how long half time has already been, and on this occasion it was literally about 1 minute 15 seconds when they got back on the field.
Now, as I said, I'm not trying to determine anyone's fitness or anything but for me I needed a breather. It was 40 minutes each way game. They played the longest of long ball game I've had in a long time and I was trying to catch my breath. I needed a drink and a rest.
But I was getting looks from almost everyone as if they're saying "come on ref".
It got me thinking... it's ok for them (the players). A defender when they're attacking gets a breather on the half way line, an attacker when they're defending gets a breather etc whilst a ref runs past them every time to keep up with play. And when a player gets tired, they get subbed - roll on, roll off.
I remember when I first passed, many many moons ago, before roll on, roll off, when they took their allotted time for a break. They conserved and regained energy where possible. But seems that now and now they could just go straight through 80 minutes without a half time and don't care about the ref. It almost felt like a water break to me.
