GregR
Active Member
I did a friendly for a manager for whom I refereed two cup games last season last weekend, and the game went by okay, had to issue two cautions however. Then as you do, sent them off to the County, only to recieve a phone call yesterday. The phone call was from the said manager complaining that I had sent the cautions in "it was only a friendly mate", " i'm not very happy that you sent them in".
But this baffles me, just becasue it's a friendly doesn't mean I won't send the cautions in, I even said at the start, I will only use them if they are needed and such was the severity of one tackle, and the length of one guys mouth that they were needed, but I just don't see how they can complain when I try and enforce the laws correctly when had that match been in a fortnights time and he had two cautions, I wouldn't even have to entertain the idea of recieving such a phone call because it's a league game that 'means' something, whereas a friendly to them is meaningless.
Also, to compound the misery/disbelief on the phone, he started moaning about the fact that I enforced fixed substitutes and not 'roll on-roll off', and again out came the classic words at the game, "well last week's ref said we could do it", which makes me think that why are some referees doing it wrong and getting away with it, whereas I get an ear bashing when I do it correctly because it is after all, only a 'friendly'..
But this baffles me, just becasue it's a friendly doesn't mean I won't send the cautions in, I even said at the start, I will only use them if they are needed and such was the severity of one tackle, and the length of one guys mouth that they were needed, but I just don't see how they can complain when I try and enforce the laws correctly when had that match been in a fortnights time and he had two cautions, I wouldn't even have to entertain the idea of recieving such a phone call because it's a league game that 'means' something, whereas a friendly to them is meaningless.
Also, to compound the misery/disbelief on the phone, he started moaning about the fact that I enforced fixed substitutes and not 'roll on-roll off', and again out came the classic words at the game, "well last week's ref said we could do it", which makes me think that why are some referees doing it wrong and getting away with it, whereas I get an ear bashing when I do it correctly because it is after all, only a 'friendly'..