Gary - Why is Dave Martin not on the list of players who I can vote for MOTM?
Okay, I admit I wouldn't vote for him anyway on this occasion, but he ought to be on the list.
As for the match, I hate it when people go on and on about how the referee cost us the game, week after week, moaning and groaning about officials. The problem with doing this is that when you really do get a complete muppet like the one we had last night, nobody reading this thread would be sure if it was just the usual biased ranting or a genuine grievance. Check back through my postings and you will see I hardly ever complain about referees. Last night was different ... he was a genuine bona fide idiot.
I disagree that Leatherhead were a bunch of thugs, as has been suggested by a few, but in my view the referee was so poor that the game started to get a bit niggly entirely because of his ineptitude. I thought it was a hard fought competitive match between two fairly equal sides. Yes, he did miss Cassy getting an elbow in the head, but he also missed a couple of things that went our way. He wasn't biased, just rubbish. I am absolutely convinced that we would have won this game but for the stupidity of the man in black. At 1-0 up his decision to turn down the most blatant penalty since football began denied us the opportunity to make it 2-0 and probably kill the game off. I can only assume that had he been present at JFK's assassination, this referee would have told JFK to get up and get on with it and stop play acting. He spoilt the game.
Anyway, I look forward to playing them away in a few weeks time.