Morning All,
Took all your advice and put it into play for this weekends fixtures – it seemed to have mixed results.
6 yellow cards on Saturdays game. Didn’t feel any different and the cautions didn’t seem to deter anybody’s ‘spirit’ when going in for meaty challenges.
Also, I am 100% confident with every card, from reckless challenges that made no contact with players (but carded for the intent) to cautions for clapping my decision against them.
But as someone who has been established on this forum as “Slightly behind” on my yellow card rate – gosh don’t you get a lot of whinging.
Out of 10 cards given this weekend, I think 2 of them took it on the chin, albeit one of them agreed and respected the decision.
But the others, as soon as you reach for your pocket, it all goes high pitched and you just get so much more abuse!? I thought I had “too much abuse” when I was lenient.
“Oh if you’re going to yellow me for that, you might as well send me off now – because that wasn’t even a strong challenge”
“if that’s a yellow you’re pretty telling me that I cant challenge for the ball”
“You cant yellow me, because I didn’t show my studs”
“But I got the ball, so it cant be a yellow” [ball was achieved by going throw the player – power slide style]
Honestly, I was pulling my hair out by the end of it.
Has anyone got any tips to ‘smooth’ the process.
Step 1 Call them over.
(Wait whilst they refuse to come over, or consider 20ft to be close enough)
Step 2 Explain why it’s a foul and remind them of any other prior challenges/warnings
(Wait for them to barrage you with nonsense, reminisce about other challenges from other weeks with other refs that didn’t get cards)
(Wait for all his mates to go away – even after being told a thousand times – and try to ignore every player on this team screaming “Whats that for ref” from around the pitch)
Step 3 Ask for the players surname
(Wait for them to barrage you with nonsense, reminisce about other challenges from other weeks with other refs that didn’t get cards)
Step 4 Ask the player to come back so that you can present the card
(As they always seem to walk off after giving their surname, regardless of how difficult it is to spell)
Step 4 Present Card
(Wait for them to barrage you with nonsense, reminisce about other challenges from other weeks with other refs that didn’t get cards)
Step 5 Restart play.
Took all your advice and put it into play for this weekends fixtures – it seemed to have mixed results.
6 yellow cards on Saturdays game. Didn’t feel any different and the cautions didn’t seem to deter anybody’s ‘spirit’ when going in for meaty challenges.
Also, I am 100% confident with every card, from reckless challenges that made no contact with players (but carded for the intent) to cautions for clapping my decision against them.
But as someone who has been established on this forum as “Slightly behind” on my yellow card rate – gosh don’t you get a lot of whinging.
Out of 10 cards given this weekend, I think 2 of them took it on the chin, albeit one of them agreed and respected the decision.
But the others, as soon as you reach for your pocket, it all goes high pitched and you just get so much more abuse!? I thought I had “too much abuse” when I was lenient.
“Oh if you’re going to yellow me for that, you might as well send me off now – because that wasn’t even a strong challenge”
“if that’s a yellow you’re pretty telling me that I cant challenge for the ball”
“You cant yellow me, because I didn’t show my studs”
“But I got the ball, so it cant be a yellow” [ball was achieved by going throw the player – power slide style]
Honestly, I was pulling my hair out by the end of it.
Has anyone got any tips to ‘smooth’ the process.
Step 1 Call them over.
(Wait whilst they refuse to come over, or consider 20ft to be close enough)
Step 2 Explain why it’s a foul and remind them of any other prior challenges/warnings
(Wait for them to barrage you with nonsense, reminisce about other challenges from other weeks with other refs that didn’t get cards)
(Wait for all his mates to go away – even after being told a thousand times – and try to ignore every player on this team screaming “Whats that for ref” from around the pitch)
Step 3 Ask for the players surname
(Wait for them to barrage you with nonsense, reminisce about other challenges from other weeks with other refs that didn’t get cards)
Step 4 Ask the player to come back so that you can present the card
(As they always seem to walk off after giving their surname, regardless of how difficult it is to spell)
Step 4 Present Card
(Wait for them to barrage you with nonsense, reminisce about other challenges from other weeks with other refs that didn’t get cards)
Step 5 Restart play.
