Quote from: upmonaghansayswe on May 06, 2024, 12:57:07 PMThanks, are you saying if the ref plays advantage but subsequently the player gets caught in a swarm and holds onto the ball too long, the ref would generally call the play back for the advantage as you alluded to?Quote from: Main Street on May 06, 2024, 11:48:58 AMAnd how is the fouled player to know he has an advantage? eyes in the back of his head?
It's a totally idiotic advantage rule when you can lose the advantage inside 4 seconds.
If a player does happen to notice that he has the advantage, can he stop play and say, 'thanks ref but I want the free kick not the so called advantage'?
No, he has to 'honestly' play on and make the ref call it that no advantage is being gained.
I think a ref would give the free in the case of getting bottled up, as it would be clear no advantage is being gained at the start of the bottling up.
It's where the attacking player overcarries for no ones fault but their own that a foul would be called.
But that in the event of the player committing a technical foul on his own accord (too many steps), the ref will generally call the foul against the player?