Wondered what referees’ views were on the suggestion by a player that your marks will be low. I had an incident in my first OA game last Sunday for several years, in which a player, who wasn’t backward in coming forward, suggested my marks will be low, following my sin binning of his massive centre half.
I said to him I’m 52, I’m not going for promotion, I’m not bothered what marks you give me so I am your worst nightmare. I was going to say any more threats and you’ll be in the book in the hope that someone would tell me his name was Pike.
Thinking back, I could’ve been a bit more jovial (I’ve been told to smile more by my daughter) but then again, he didn’t gob off anymore so maybe it worked in this specific situation.
Wondered how others dealt with this threatening behaviour? I didn’t deem it as a YC straight away.
I said to him I’m 52, I’m not going for promotion, I’m not bothered what marks you give me so I am your worst nightmare. I was going to say any more threats and you’ll be in the book in the hope that someone would tell me his name was Pike.
Thinking back, I could’ve been a bit more jovial (I’ve been told to smile more by my daughter) but then again, he didn’t gob off anymore so maybe it worked in this specific situation.
Wondered how others dealt with this threatening behaviour? I didn’t deem it as a YC straight away.