Cant remember if I mentioned this already, but had similar happening this weekend, so going to combine it.
Verbal distractions.
Red subs are standing down the line (correctly) but everytime the young rapid winger tries to cross the ball, they are shouting/blowing raspberries.
I jog over, super casual, give them a little chat about it technically being not allowed in the LOTG. “What? Us Ref? No Ref?”
“Fair enough, but if I hear it again, as active subs – you can still be booked/sent” (Correct?! I hope so!)
Happens a second time, I cant identify which one is doing it though. So I tell them again, enough with the raspberries players, theres no spectators – so I know its you guys “What? Us Ref? No Ref?”
Starting to annoy me now.
They do it a third time, I tell them that I will abandon the game if they continue – as I'm bored of it now. Their team is 6-1 (ish) down at this point, so threatening them with abandonment isn’t really working.
This week,
Defenders keeping shouting “BLAR” when any striker/winger is going to shoot/cross. I give an IDK on the edge of the box a couple of times for this (to try and teach them the LOTG) but they are furious. Accusing me of making up the rule – and all of them are aggressively defensive about it being them. But I can hear it coming from their direction and if it was their own striker trying to put off their own strike buddy – then the shout would be softened (as the striker wouldn’t be facing me) so I'm 100% sure its them – I just don’t catch the player who opens his mouth.
But this is probably in the first 20 minutes – and it kind of set a precedent amongst them for the rest of the game that “This ref is making up rules”. Played a couple of advantages too and pulled it back – firstly, the ‘advantage’ gave a player who was mid falling over – a chance to toe poke/lunge at the ball which dribbled itself to the keeper. I pull it back – they complain it was a “Shot on Target” so cant be pulled back (!?!)
But like I said, its all happened early doors – so the rest of the match was just dissent – regardless of how many cautions I dished out for dissent.
I find that trying to caution players to show that I wont stand for dissent *always* comes back and bites me in the butt. Just enrages them more… to argue more.
Verbal distractions.
Red subs are standing down the line (correctly) but everytime the young rapid winger tries to cross the ball, they are shouting/blowing raspberries.
I jog over, super casual, give them a little chat about it technically being not allowed in the LOTG. “What? Us Ref? No Ref?”
“Fair enough, but if I hear it again, as active subs – you can still be booked/sent” (Correct?! I hope so!)
Happens a second time, I cant identify which one is doing it though. So I tell them again, enough with the raspberries players, theres no spectators – so I know its you guys “What? Us Ref? No Ref?”
Starting to annoy me now.
They do it a third time, I tell them that I will abandon the game if they continue – as I'm bored of it now. Their team is 6-1 (ish) down at this point, so threatening them with abandonment isn’t really working.
This week,
Defenders keeping shouting “BLAR” when any striker/winger is going to shoot/cross. I give an IDK on the edge of the box a couple of times for this (to try and teach them the LOTG) but they are furious. Accusing me of making up the rule – and all of them are aggressively defensive about it being them. But I can hear it coming from their direction and if it was their own striker trying to put off their own strike buddy – then the shout would be softened (as the striker wouldn’t be facing me) so I'm 100% sure its them – I just don’t catch the player who opens his mouth.
But this is probably in the first 20 minutes – and it kind of set a precedent amongst them for the rest of the game that “This ref is making up rules”. Played a couple of advantages too and pulled it back – firstly, the ‘advantage’ gave a player who was mid falling over – a chance to toe poke/lunge at the ball which dribbled itself to the keeper. I pull it back – they complain it was a “Shot on Target” so cant be pulled back (!?!)
But like I said, its all happened early doors – so the rest of the match was just dissent – regardless of how many cautions I dished out for dissent.
I find that trying to caution players to show that I wont stand for dissent *always* comes back and bites me in the butt. Just enrages them more… to argue more.