Decisions Cost Games

Type in referee David Fosters name on the yahoo search engine and you begin to rate Uriah Rennie as a referee. Foster is pretty inexperienced, not surprisingly working as an assistant official most of the time. Decisions change games, bad ones cost them. After fifteen minutes this cretinous man adjudged a shoulder barge by Beavis to be a penalty. Every, and I mean every, decision after that went their way too as Dave did everything he could to destroy any rhythm. When SWD his legs taken in front of the Stacey West just like Jamie in the first half we expected it Dave. What a plonker you are. Your name`s Rodney really isn`t it you changed it by deed poll? Has one of the Imps slept with his wife or something? Then of course a second Beevers challenge in the second half resulted in a second yellow and we were down to 10.

It is easy to blame the ref, easy to criticise the Imps and easy to get down and say we have blown it. The fact is for the last 20 minutes with 10 on the field we murdered them. Frecks came off, he and Kerr dead to the world having had to play four Stag midfielders all game. Amoo, who had taken a superb set piece, sadly saved in the first half, took his place. Hughes gave up a defensive role that he is hopeless at and moved to the right Warlow going left. We had width and both beat their men. SWD was brought on to partner Jamie as well. We ran them ragged, Kerr playing wide to Warlow who gave the ball to Jamie`s feet. Forester`s first chance of the game naturally went in. Mmm thought the other Imps, Warlowe seems to think that our 5` 6″ forward likes it below head height. Err yes, seeing as heading is probably our top scorers only Achilles heal chaps. Suddenly we looked like one more goal would see an avalanche.

Sadly it didn`t come. But if we play the ball to feet and play the most exciting prospect in the bottom 3 divisions we will get back to how we were. Our defences call for a more support has meant we have let in 8 and dropped 8 oints since we played Walsall of their own park. That will be the sort of football that will beat Hartlepool and you know we`ll do it. We didn`t deserve to loose today, The Stags are a dreary bunch that got a gift and one on the break. If we had gone for the jugular from the off we would have had 3 points. And with Stallard back next week, why not go 4-3-3. Frecks Green and Kerr protecting the defence with Warlow as an overlapping left back, and three class acts up front running them ragged.