Putting aside the weather challenges (33 degrees at one point here!!), had a ‘friendly’ today. Was a good practice to be honest as both sides are vocal and competitive (aka annoying!) but pleased to get a bit of practice with this before the season for real!
Couple of things…
Incident 1: I dropped a clanger - away defender clears ball and I think massive deflection and give goal kick - evidently it appears that it was just the worst clearance in history. Hate it when I get these wrong and I needed to take more time to wait for the club assistant to flag - could have been avoided.
Incident 2: Penalty appeal for away team - shoulder to shoulder in box on goal like. Player goes down, but goes down theatrically and no foul seen. No real issues here, however whilst thinking I put whistle to mouth. Anyone else here get annoyed when they do that!!?? To the away team skippers credit, when I explained the decision and said that me putting my whistle to my mouth may have been confusing, he got it.
Incident 3: 88th minute. Pointless foul from away skipper. Give a YC as it was just reckless and unnecessary - especially due to them losing 2-0 and the ground being so hard. No complaints.
Big takeaways for me are:
Take time at decisions before indicating - and keep whistle down until 100% sure!
Good to have a runout and get some match prep in! Looking forward to the season now. One more friendly tomorrow, then holiday for a week, then new season!
Couple of things…
Incident 1: I dropped a clanger - away defender clears ball and I think massive deflection and give goal kick - evidently it appears that it was just the worst clearance in history. Hate it when I get these wrong and I needed to take more time to wait for the club assistant to flag - could have been avoided.
Incident 2: Penalty appeal for away team - shoulder to shoulder in box on goal like. Player goes down, but goes down theatrically and no foul seen. No real issues here, however whilst thinking I put whistle to mouth. Anyone else here get annoyed when they do that!!?? To the away team skippers credit, when I explained the decision and said that me putting my whistle to my mouth may have been confusing, he got it.
Incident 3: 88th minute. Pointless foul from away skipper. Give a YC as it was just reckless and unnecessary - especially due to them losing 2-0 and the ground being so hard. No complaints.
Big takeaways for me are:
Take time at decisions before indicating - and keep whistle down until 100% sure!
Good to have a runout and get some match prep in! Looking forward to the season now. One more friendly tomorrow, then holiday for a week, then new season!