Blue player is fouled just in his own half. Ball rolls on a few yards, blue teammate about to play from there. 3 red players surround the ball,1 red player picks up the ball and jogs to put it down where he thought the free-kick was from (I was going to tell blue to take it back anyway).
1 red player follows his teammate with the ball and stands in front of the new position of the ball, at this point I am and have been saying 'move away' repeatedly. Blue plays the ball against red, I caution for delaying the restart. Team and manager weren't happy.
I wouldn't usually caution if the ball was played against a player just standing there, without giving ample opportunity to move. My thinking was, as I explained to the player, he had stood on the original free-kick - fine - but he had then followed the ball and stood on the new position. For me this shows he was actively looking to delay rather than just 'standing on it'.
Justified?
1 red player follows his teammate with the ball and stands in front of the new position of the ball, at this point I am and have been saying 'move away' repeatedly. Blue plays the ball against red, I caution for delaying the restart. Team and manager weren't happy.
I wouldn't usually caution if the ball was played against a player just standing there, without giving ample opportunity to move. My thinking was, as I explained to the player, he had stood on the original free-kick - fine - but he had then followed the ball and stood on the new position. For me this shows he was actively looking to delay rather than just 'standing on it'.
Justified?