Cheshire Ref
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One of my biggest pet hates as a referee is being asked the question, "Who was playing him on then ref?" when calling a player on side. More often than not i get this on the line and more often than not i can answer the question. I was after a bit of advice as to what the answer is if you don't actually know.
This happened in yesterdays game and i annoyed myself a bit. Ball is pinging around the penalty area and eventually a goal is scored, there was no way in a million years the red player was offside but the appeals went up and when asked the inevitable question i couldn't confidently answer. My response was that two yellow players were playing him on side but i was then asked "who?, which player?". Like i say 99% of the time i have clocked him and can say "Number 6, deeper than everyone else" but what would your response be if you have missed which player it was?
Hope that all makes sense
This happened in yesterdays game and i annoyed myself a bit. Ball is pinging around the penalty area and eventually a goal is scored, there was no way in a million years the red player was offside but the appeals went up and when asked the inevitable question i couldn't confidently answer. My response was that two yellow players were playing him on side but i was then asked "who?, which player?". Like i say 99% of the time i have clocked him and can say "Number 6, deeper than everyone else" but what would your response be if you have missed which player it was?
Hope that all makes sense