the real game

3rd December , saw the lads play emus, and a win would have put us 3rd, however all plans were ruined completely. You work on certain things in training and the majority of the team play like you ask and try things you would like them to. Turn up at 9.15am to try and get the game on, and with your hands brush the water of the pitch and you have quite a few parents (thanks) actually forking the pitch for the lads to play. So parents do there bit, the lads do there bit in training and what of the manager, the bit people do not talk about. The bit people do not realise how hard it can be, if you are passionate about football like I am, I live and breathe the next game. My lads are everything and them enjoying their football is so important. So I plan the team to play in such an important game, I look at who trained well, I looked at who didn't turn up, I consider the previous game and who played well and who didn't, also who will be up for it and who is interested. You walk the dog and think tactics, 4-4-2, 4-3-3 or even 3-4-3, you change the team and think about what everyone can do. You then don't sleep as the game is so important, not in the sense of points but these are the teams you want to play and test yourself week in week out. These make the lads grow and learn the game better and learn themselves.
Hopefully you get the picture a lot of people and alot of time went into making this game happen. The two teams in question always have a brilliant game that can go either way. Then you have the ref the one person who can undo all work you have done and hard time and effort you have put in, yes a volunteer who should be praised for stepping forward. NOT today, a rule of thumb when you ref, if unsure look at the players there behaviour gives you an answer, so when the keeper and a striker is on the floor, and the striker pushed the ball over the line with his hand and not even the player claims the goal it says everything. The opposition parents didn't shout and everyone behind the goal evn let the ref know it was pushed in with there hand. Completely ignored goal given. I hav echecked the rule book for when the ball is kicked out of the keppers hand, an dthis happened twice and allowed. This does not mention shirt tugging, Rugby tackles yes rugby tackles not given, kicking when players are down. There is too much to mention, and had emus won 2-1 it would have been accepeted, it would have also shown what a hell of game it was. And well done to EMUS yes physical but good on you. The problem being is the ref was our own, we spend the season being ripped off at away games and short changed and do it to ourselves, before the game my words were, he is either completely biased to the away team or hes good. Sadly our most important game of the season and it was the biased ref that turned up. The big question is WHY? is it a power trip? it isn't plain bad its biased against the team and sadly it affects the lads. The outcome is going to be I or Mark (asst) will have to do them, we have given penalties to away teams and denied our own, but we always call it as we see it for either team. If only the Sheffield FA got their fingers out and supported refs then less would leave, meaning all games could get refs.

Anyway the match report on the website is fair for the game of football, the ref didn't warrant anytime on the website.