bit of a hike to get to though innitOriginally Posted by hawk
iirc mussy sheds are some of the best
the ref had an official ref on one line, which he literally ignored for every decision, and used the young lad on the other side for all his decisions (or non-decisions).
i dunno about y'all, but when a players get a yellow card in a game they defend completely differently. they stand off a bit more, they give a little more room & in general they hit people less. that's what yellows for bad tackles or persistant fouling is for - to calm the player down. games open up after a couple of yellows are given. the ref on the weekend didn't give one card, and i daresay blew the whistle for a max of 5 fouls for mussy. westlakes play a game where their high players come back to receive the ball, and play off that man. literally dozens of times on the weekend, everytime our top men received the ball they were fouled from behind. countless slides from behind, many foul-worthy pushes off the ball, etc - and nothing was called. the reason 3/4 of our play was broken down was because of legitimate fouls. mussy kept doing them, as they were obviously getting away with them. our striker spent more time on the receiving end of a hit from behind than in the goalmouth. it's hard to play football when a ref allows the other team to get away with what he did. if the ref actually pulled mussy up for their persistent fouling, plus gave the odd card here or there, the game would have been completely different & we would have overrun mussy.
for an example of how bad the reffing was to westlakes, and how much mussy noticed this was the case - westlakes hit the ball out for a corner. the ref signalled a goalkick. westlakes players said they were going to kick the ball out for a corner because it was unfair. the mussy player said "you guys have seriously been dealt the severe end of a horrible stick today, just have the goalkick".
if someone was fairly reffing both sides, imo westlakes would have been happy with a win whilst mussy would have been happy with a draw.
