Hi all
I wandered what your take on when a player is fouled but makes a massive deal of it, ie yes it's a foul tiniest of contact and the player throws himself to the floor theactrically.
I always think well actually no i'm not giving you the free kick as i dont think that's within the spirit of the game.
Had an incident a few weeks ago, defender went over as described, i gave him the free kick and spoke with him about the way he went down.
His reply was well a foul is a foul ref, yes good point.
I tried explaining that it could make it very difficult for me to call a KMI if players are going over so theatrically.
I didnt even bother discussing the spirit of the game thing with him!
What's your thoughts??
My thoughts are yes, a foul is a foul, but have a quiet word with the player about it??
I wandered what your take on when a player is fouled but makes a massive deal of it, ie yes it's a foul tiniest of contact and the player throws himself to the floor theactrically.
I always think well actually no i'm not giving you the free kick as i dont think that's within the spirit of the game.
Had an incident a few weeks ago, defender went over as described, i gave him the free kick and spoke with him about the way he went down.
His reply was well a foul is a foul ref, yes good point.
I tried explaining that it could make it very difficult for me to call a KMI if players are going over so theatrically.
I didnt even bother discussing the spirit of the game thing with him!
What's your thoughts??
My thoughts are yes, a foul is a foul, but have a quiet word with the player about it??