Decided to go for the lenient approach in my pre-season game last night....despite thoughts of Padfoot waving an admonishing finger flashing through my mind as i did so
pre-match, pointed out to a couple of the players that their equipment might not pass muster when the league season started, black undershorts under blue shorts for one, 'I used to play in black shorts ref' and white tape around black socks for another. team colours were red/blue stripes / blue / blue v white / black / black so neither infringement worried me unduly
i did draw the line at a player wearing a stud under his bottom lip and he did remove it, despite worrying that his brand new piercing might close up
'can he cover it with tape, ref'
'nope'
'are you sure, ref'
'yep'
match was played in a good, positive and fair spirit though it did begin to get a little raggy towards the end. Tiredness, concentration, (players and ref, perhaps), leniency (ref), the fact that one team came back from 5-2 down to 5-4 down, with a 'stonewall penalty' denied by the ref in between times, so many factors that can come into play.
two players, i would have booked had it been a league game, one for delaying the restart (prevented an attempt to take a free-kick quickly), the other for 'diving' / attempting to deceive ref by feigning injury, (the 'penalty' denied). in both cases i told them that i would have booked them in a league game but let it go at that.
unfortunately, the 'diver' lost his head a little and, after what appeared to me to be a nasty attempt to tackle an opponent (could have been a stamp if he'd connected), i booked him for dangerous play.
on reflection, had i booked him for 'diving', he may not have made that later challenge....either that or i'd have been sending him off for two yellows.
i'm now thinking that cautioning when necessary is probably the best approach, competitive fixture or not ... but i'll still continue to leave my options open
forgive me, padfoot, for i have sinned
pre-match, pointed out to a couple of the players that their equipment might not pass muster when the league season started, black undershorts under blue shorts for one, 'I used to play in black shorts ref' and white tape around black socks for another. team colours were red/blue stripes / blue / blue v white / black / black so neither infringement worried me unduly
i did draw the line at a player wearing a stud under his bottom lip and he did remove it, despite worrying that his brand new piercing might close up
'can he cover it with tape, ref'
'nope'
'are you sure, ref'
'yep'
match was played in a good, positive and fair spirit though it did begin to get a little raggy towards the end. Tiredness, concentration, (players and ref, perhaps), leniency (ref), the fact that one team came back from 5-2 down to 5-4 down, with a 'stonewall penalty' denied by the ref in between times, so many factors that can come into play.
two players, i would have booked had it been a league game, one for delaying the restart (prevented an attempt to take a free-kick quickly), the other for 'diving' / attempting to deceive ref by feigning injury, (the 'penalty' denied). in both cases i told them that i would have booked them in a league game but let it go at that.
unfortunately, the 'diver' lost his head a little and, after what appeared to me to be a nasty attempt to tackle an opponent (could have been a stamp if he'd connected), i booked him for dangerous play.
on reflection, had i booked him for 'diving', he may not have made that later challenge....either that or i'd have been sending him off for two yellows.
i'm now thinking that cautioning when necessary is probably the best approach, competitive fixture or not ... but i'll still continue to leave my options open
forgive me, padfoot, for i have sinned
