Impulse Control:  We need to practice impulse control. Lack of it lands people in prison.  There has even been shootings in the English Sunday League.  Apparently, the UK Sunday league football has ruined more than one generation of players.  This is not Sunday League boys.  Get over it.

Incidents:  Last Saturday was one of the worst matches regarding field behaviour that I have ever played in during my entire life in the game of football (the only good thing about it was the 3 points that were earned).  There was such a heaping amount of abuse shouted at the referees (and each other) that I can clearly see why the poor buggers get confused.  That constant shouting becomes a cancer in the side that soon infects every player.  Then it starts to infect the opponents which consequently adversely affects the match itself.  By heating up the emotions one can expect a riot at some point during the gathering.  Verbal abuse will lead to physical abuse.  We even experienced a formal international player of some renown and perhaps the best player in the league, Eladio, chasing a referee for a few yards down the pitch.  I asked him why he felt compelled to pursue the referee.  He answered that the referee had told him that he couldn't understand his Bahasa Indonesian which made him flip since he is completely fluent in the language. But now he has embarrassed himself by his own lack of impulse control. Apparently, it got worse in the other fixture from the same day.  Stadium Olah Raga ended up in a riot where one of the BuGils boys got a jackboot kickfest Tae Kwon Do style from a group of the Team Korea players.  So, I shouldn't single out just DoIt alone as they are not the only team that displays such constant verbal battering during their matches.  The Lions sometimes display it.  Teams from the past are remembered for it including Team Italia who had this characteristic embedded in their side also.  Apparently, so did the French and Team India I have come to understand from the past reports.  All of those clubs are gone, I might add.  Unfortunately, such behaviour does have consequences.  The former international player that I previously mentioned has decided to quit the league for the remainder of the season as a self-imposed disciplinary action.  And for the first time since I joined the JiFL, I too am considering an exit strategy.  I, who have volunteered my time and expenses for the last 6 seasons, and have played for a decade here do not need to be shouted out, kicked, head-butted and spat at anymore by 'Sunday League' behaviour.  I've had just about enough and I am never volunteering to go out 'there' again wasting a Saturday to experience such ugliness.