JBeil
Active Member
Like it says on the tin, how do you manage to see everything you need to during a game? Last sunday morning I had a bit of a mare - one foul tackle that in retrospect should have been a yellow card for reckless play that I totally failed to call for (completely misjudged it - my own mistake) but there were also two bizarre incidents that I'd appreciate your thoughts on:
- Corner kick. Ball comes in, I'm watching for fouls off the ball, positioned just next to the D. There's a scramble, a player takes a shot, and there's uproar as the attackers claim the ball was stopped on the goal line by a hand. I haven't seen it clearly, so I cannot award a penalty. Cue cries of 'you're a bottlejob'. As I'm on my own with club linesmen, I can't go to them to ask if they saw any different, and play continues.
- Player from the losing side starts moaning that I'm in his way. I explain that my job is to watch play, and I cannot watch the play AND him if he's right behind me. Naturally, he gives me 'advice' on my positioning. C'est la vie.