Froominator
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So did the basic course last year and did first game a while back. Then had over 6 weeks until second game this weekend. 2 CAs one of whom was a sub for the away team and totally disinterested. Other guy was with the home team (not a player), but eager, enthusiastic and seemed very keen to show me how honest he was. Arguing loudly with his own players over whether ball had gone out, tried to flag his own side for a foul throw which I overruled and even tried talking me out of booking an away player for a shoving an oppponent in the chest following a foul.
2-2 with around 15 mins left, away side put together a decent move and through ball from edge of the penalty area finds striker clean through who buries it. Home CA's (honest John) flag goes up immediately for offside. I'm not in position to overrule him, but had my doubts. Away team seem VERY upset by it, but I simply didn't feel like I could credibly overrule him from where I was.
The question is about using CAs for offsides. Would you ever overrule? How often might you give offside without CAs' input? For me, the problem would always be with selling the decision, if I'm 10-15 yards away from the last defender then how can I credibly give an offside that I think the CA might have missed? And would you ever overrule a CA's offside flag in a situation such as the one above?
2-2 with around 15 mins left, away side put together a decent move and through ball from edge of the penalty area finds striker clean through who buries it. Home CA's (honest John) flag goes up immediately for offside. I'm not in position to overrule him, but had my doubts. Away team seem VERY upset by it, but I simply didn't feel like I could credibly overrule him from where I was.
The question is about using CAs for offsides. Would you ever overrule? How often might you give offside without CAs' input? For me, the problem would always be with selling the decision, if I'm 10-15 yards away from the last defender then how can I credibly give an offside that I think the CA might have missed? And would you ever overrule a CA's offside flag in a situation such as the one above?