MERTHYR v Wimborne

stevie g wrote:i don't understand why prosser is always on the bench he made a difference when he came on, our front three must have thought they were playing in the land of the giants

rustic wrote:Quite agree about playing pross,but I think we are going to find teams are going to fill their mid field and defend in depth,they know the way we play and they are not going to sit and let us stroke the ball about.

stevie g wrote:i don't understand why prosser is always on the bench he made a difference when he came on, our front three must have thought they were playing in the land of the giants

Wandering wrote:

I’m surprised that no one has mentioned the role that Mr. Russell of Portishead played in the opening goal. Kayne McLaggon appeared to be clearly fouled (he was pushed to the ground), but the official waved play on when he should have awarded us a free-kick in their half. Adam Davies had already committed himself to join the attack and we were exposed on our left flank by the #7 who sprinted clear and crossed the ball for Kemble to score.

We continued to suffer some extremely dodgy refereeing decisions, and by the end there was little else but anger with his overall performance. Even leaving aside the big decisions, it was the little ones that set the tone. We appeared to be penalised on a regular basis that disrupted the flow of play, yet he seemed to allow Wimborne some poetic licence. They benefited from an advantage on a number of occasions (the first goal the most notable), yet the treatment of McLaggon in particular went relatively unnoticed.

That a loud cheer came when he deigned to give us the odd free kick says it all. To be fair, he did spot an infringement in our penalty area that disallowed the visitors a second goal! When he booked Traylor near the end he pointed out two previous challenges that he didn’t like but there were far more infringements, mainly on McLaggon, by various players that he seemed oblivious to.