Anyone else watch Edgy v Broadmeadow today? Few chances for both teams but generally wasteful finishing, poor crosses and a missed penalty. No surprise it was 0-0.
I'd like to add my two cents to the Jets v NBN discussion. I have no allegiance to ANY team in this comp. When I get a free weekend, I pick out what appears to be the more interesting match of the round and watch that. I watched quite a few Jets Youth games last season because I was curious to see how they went. The biggest thing I noticed was how often they would get hacked down without barely a word of protest to the ref.. almost as if it had been drilled into them by the coaches to just take it and get used to the physicality. Any slight nudge on the other team and they'd be in the ref's ear all goddamn game… not to mention the Jets Youth being up against vocal home crowds EVERY single game.
This may sound like a contradiction but from what I've seen, a) the Jets don't get bad calls in their favour from the ref, no more than any other team but b) I think they've certainly earnt the respect of the refs because they don't carry on like ****ing pork chops every single time the ref blows the whistle. I think it's also a very simple lesson that a team that doesn't base their strategy on physicality will benefit in the long term.
Originally Posted by MFKS
