HOW TO DEAL WITH SUB-PAR OFFICIATING
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| Is he Blind, or simply against us? |
On Sunday we played a rotten game.
Seriously...it wasn't something that I was particularly happy about. We deserved to lose. There were so many mistakes...no adherence to the schwerpunkt (minor letters on purpose).
BUT...
The officiating was probably the worst I've ever seen in this season.
The first goal was so off site that a blind man and two dead people could have made the call.
And to put salt on the wounds, the
REF even said as much.
But he wouldn't countermand the decision of the LinesBoy.
And there, in itself, there's no excuse.
We were on the wrong end of the
REF's stick.
He called us on just about everything.
Having a bone to pick with us, he stood by and gave the advantage to our opponents.
And they didn't need it...but it doubled the score.
What to do...
As players, we need to avoid ANY and ALL jibes against the
REF and
LINES OFFICIALS.
Let them play their simple and stupid game.
DO NOT give them the benefit of satisfaction in knowing that they've gotten to us.
Last game they did, and were basking in that knowledge.
They threw us off our game...no doubt about it.
My advice: just keep quiet.
A few of my players came up to me and expressed their distaste.
I went to the
REF three times and had a chat with him.
I even went to him when I knew nothing could be done.
But that's what my job is...to be a focal for your angst.
Sometimes I'll question the
REF on a good call.
This is the moment where I want us to reform...to take some time.
So my meaningless dialogue with the
REF is simply to get us regrouped.
And it works...most times.
In the end there's nothing we can do with bad officials.
They're in it for themselves...and want to teach us a lesson in humility.
They want to hear that they're the bosses...the big cheese...the ones with the huge cajones.
Let them believe what they want.
We play our game, and focus on our best.
Let everything else slide off us and become dust in the wind.
STATS:
MAN OF THE MATCH
Mike A
