Incident yesterday when I was on the line.
Close offside decision but he was offside. Flag goes up, ref blows.
The offender walking back was not happy and says:
Player: Are you sure Lino?
Me: Yes, close but you were just off.
Player: P*ss off. (Said towards me in neither an aggressive manner or friendly tone.
I put my finger to my lips. Then he goes off on one.
Player: You can't tell me to shush, only the ref can. (This was said in a fairly aggressive manner)
Me: I am a match official and I can ask you to be quiet. (said very calmly)
Player: P*ss off.
I wave my flag to get the ref over, tell him exactly what happened and he books him for dissent.
As I said, you can't help some players.
Just one question, I am allowed to ask somebody to be quiet when running the line? He has made me doubt myself, when I'm 99.9% sure I can.
Close offside decision but he was offside. Flag goes up, ref blows.
The offender walking back was not happy and says:
Player: Are you sure Lino?
Me: Yes, close but you were just off.
Player: P*ss off. (Said towards me in neither an aggressive manner or friendly tone.
I put my finger to my lips. Then he goes off on one.
Player: You can't tell me to shush, only the ref can. (This was said in a fairly aggressive manner)
Me: I am a match official and I can ask you to be quiet. (said very calmly)
Player: P*ss off.
I wave my flag to get the ref over, tell him exactly what happened and he books him for dissent.
As I said, you can't help some players.
Just one question, I am allowed to ask somebody to be quiet when running the line? He has made me doubt myself, when I'm 99.9% sure I can.
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