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probably because most of the games I do are on 4g pitches and you probably dont want to be voluntarily throwing yourself to the ground on them

Plenty of cheating but mostly just moaning, moaning for everything.
Grassroots expectations of referees is unrealistic especially without assistants
They moan for offsides, they moan for foul throws, they moan if a player takes a throw in 2 yards further forward despite premier league players consistently taking 15 yards
The biggest moan usually is wanting a foul for "2 hands". Apparently and I must have missed this in the law book but having 2 hands on a players back is an automatic foul

They expect you to see everything
They expect you to see a late challenge when you've looked up to see if someone is offside
They expect you to see that the ball has gone 1mm over the goalline, that you can't see cos the sun is in your eyes, from 40 yards away

They shout for their throw. You give it the other way and tell them "you know its not yours" and they go "well you've got to ask"
And I say, you ask because you want me to get it wrong so don't get mad if I get it wrong and it goes against you then