Afternoon All,
Bit of a random one, but a player, genuinely had the worst luck the other day.
He was "smashed" twice, the first time, a group of 4 jumped for the ball (2v2) and he apparently got elbowed - but not a chance I was seeing it. So he had a moan and asked how I could have possibly missed it yada-yada-yada then his team chipped in - A.N. Other got more mouthy so he was cautioned for that (line in the sand approach).
Then much later on, corner comes in, cleared by a header, the entire contents of the penalty area (perhaps 14-16 players at this point) all rush out for the ball and (apparently) this lad gets studded down his leg.
Theres no doubt it happened, because he has a red line down his leg (presumably from someone jumping up for the ball and landing on him - as I didnt see any stamping/deliberate stuff). But we're talking cluster-job of players, no chance I was going to see any detail like this...
But he's stayed down, moaning and moaning about me and "Missing it again". Manager/Captain/Midfielder comes over and he has a moan, I tell him straight "Massive cluster of players, ive not seen anything untoward" - manager/captain/midfielder gives me a load of mouth about "How often are you going to use that excuse" - I answer back that its the second time today - we're in the 80+ minute at this point - which I think isnt too bad.
Then the player on the ground, who's lining up to get substituted *really* starts mouthing off. Starting with the whole "Disgrace to game" nonsense about missing the challenge - but then gets aggressive - and it goes into insults. Which I always deem a red card incident if an insult is directed at me.
But he's being carried off by the time I calm myself down... but he's still going on and on and on and on and on.
I *really* wanted to bang the red card there and then - but sympathies took over.
I could imagine the riotous response it would have received too.
But its pestered me now... and we've on Tuesday now!
Thoughts.
Bit of a random one, but a player, genuinely had the worst luck the other day.
He was "smashed" twice, the first time, a group of 4 jumped for the ball (2v2) and he apparently got elbowed - but not a chance I was seeing it. So he had a moan and asked how I could have possibly missed it yada-yada-yada then his team chipped in - A.N. Other got more mouthy so he was cautioned for that (line in the sand approach).
Then much later on, corner comes in, cleared by a header, the entire contents of the penalty area (perhaps 14-16 players at this point) all rush out for the ball and (apparently) this lad gets studded down his leg.
Theres no doubt it happened, because he has a red line down his leg (presumably from someone jumping up for the ball and landing on him - as I didnt see any stamping/deliberate stuff). But we're talking cluster-job of players, no chance I was going to see any detail like this...
But he's stayed down, moaning and moaning about me and "Missing it again". Manager/Captain/Midfielder comes over and he has a moan, I tell him straight "Massive cluster of players, ive not seen anything untoward" - manager/captain/midfielder gives me a load of mouth about "How often are you going to use that excuse" - I answer back that its the second time today - we're in the 80+ minute at this point - which I think isnt too bad.
Then the player on the ground, who's lining up to get substituted *really* starts mouthing off. Starting with the whole "Disgrace to game" nonsense about missing the challenge - but then gets aggressive - and it goes into insults. Which I always deem a red card incident if an insult is directed at me.
But he's being carried off by the time I calm myself down... but he's still going on and on and on and on and on.
I *really* wanted to bang the red card there and then - but sympathies took over.
I could imagine the riotous response it would have received too.
But its pestered me now... and we've on Tuesday now!
Thoughts.