RESISTING THE TEMPTATION
The game itself was fairly uneventful. I managed to avoid any controversy which is always a positive result. Not too many dodgy decisions although I was admittedly not concentrating in the first 30 seconds and was done by the colour clash. Manager Hargreaves gave me a bit. Fair enough.
The hardest thing about reffing Saturday’s game was resisting the temptation to give advice to the boys. The boys were fast asleep and weren’t responding to Lee’s instructions. It can be difficult to hear from the sidelines…
In the middle of it though I reckon I could have got us a win. Tom would have cleared the ball for the first goal with me in his ear “empty it!”.
When they had the ball I was mentally willing the boys to track back and pick up the runner that was causing the damage. No good. Uri Geller I clearly am not.
When we had the ball I’m thinking “lift your head up and pass it”, the boys are thinking “I wish I was still in bed….”
I think it was just one of those days. I’m used to it because I coach the Lions U13s. Sunday mornings with them is like a grassy version of the shopping centre on Dawn of the Dead. As I said to Lee afterwards “welcome to my world”.
With Special Thanks to this week's referee..... Matt Sproston
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