Posting this as part-self help, part-request for suggestions and part-reference material for others when you have a game like this. If you haven’t had something like this already in your career you will, believe me.
On an absolute hiding to nothing today, and just couldn’t do anything about it.
Wasn’t 100% on my game so not my best performance of the season but not helped by:
- Multiple use pitch with 9-a-side markings confusing everyone even though they were blue.
- Very low sun for much of the first half making visibility difficult.
- Two teams where if I said the sky was blue, they’d find the tiniest white blob and claim it was cloudy.
- Supply league level player who does six or seven step overs, gets challenged and doesn’t shut up whinging he’s been fouled.
- Said player does this every time he’s on the ball
- When attacking both sides were *never* challenged fairly. “Always” fouled by their opponent and vice versa. When defending *every* challenge was fair and never a foul.
- Club line has a strop after being overruled on a throw (partly because he too busy chatting so wasn’t looking) and playing on from offside when the ball is in the keepers hands and it launches a counterattack “I’ve flagged! You’ve got to give it! No point me being here!” *tantrum*
Nothing worked today, toughed it out and did the best I could in the circumstances but left me wondering. What do you do in this scenario and does it help?
I’ll have another one like this one day and maybe I’ll read something that can help me turn it around for myself at least.
On an absolute hiding to nothing today, and just couldn’t do anything about it.
Wasn’t 100% on my game so not my best performance of the season but not helped by:
- Multiple use pitch with 9-a-side markings confusing everyone even though they were blue.
- Very low sun for much of the first half making visibility difficult.
- Two teams where if I said the sky was blue, they’d find the tiniest white blob and claim it was cloudy.
- Supply league level player who does six or seven step overs, gets challenged and doesn’t shut up whinging he’s been fouled.
- Said player does this every time he’s on the ball
- When attacking both sides were *never* challenged fairly. “Always” fouled by their opponent and vice versa. When defending *every* challenge was fair and never a foul.
- Club line has a strop after being overruled on a throw (partly because he too busy chatting so wasn’t looking) and playing on from offside when the ball is in the keepers hands and it launches a counterattack “I’ve flagged! You’ve got to give it! No point me being here!” *tantrum*
Nothing worked today, toughed it out and did the best I could in the circumstances but left me wondering. What do you do in this scenario and does it help?
I’ll have another one like this one day and maybe I’ll read something that can help me turn it around for myself at least.