As a player, if I had possession of the ball and an opponent stood within the five meter area, I would regularly simply throw the ball in his face. I would be looking for the penalty, which was not always awarded, and for the retaliatory punch which was frequently forthcoming.
NM
Hmmm -- and as a referee if that happened in a game how would you handle it?
a) if there was a punch
b) if there wasn't
(serious question)
And if I was a ref (which thankfully i am not sir ;-) I may consider your act at least contrary to etc, and maybe even the same as a punch.
Not a very clever idea I might suggest. It is at the very least a provocative act, and assault.
didds
I think you were actually looking for a Yellow Card; how often did you get one?
As a referee I would award the PK and then call you both over. He would get a warning against doing it again; you would get a warning not act in such an unnecessarily provocative manner.
So, I ask, what can a player do when an opponent continually infringes at the quick throw in, and the referee steadfastly refuses to do anything about it.
If it was me, as captain, I would ask the referee to stop the opponent doing it. If it continued, I would then be
telling the referee that I expected him to penalise this player if he continues to infringe in this way, and if it still continued, I would be
warning the referee that I intend to include reference to his refusal to do anything about it in my after-match report to his Association.
Having myself been on the wrong end of an adverse report from a team captain, I can say with some confidence that the last would likely have the desired effect., especially if (as happened in my case) my Assessor backed him up!