N3 LSE Prediction League Week 8

I watched Westcliff v Brentwood which was a hard fought but pretty scrappy game. The many unusual refereeing decisions given or not given for both sides didn’t help.
A Westcliff player was red carded after a collision when both players ran in opposite directions to catch a cross field kick. Imo an accident with no foul play involved, but which resulted in injury to a Brentwood player who I hope is now ok. Hopefully it will be clear on the video and can be appealed. General opinion from the mixed supporters around me was that it didn’t even warrant a yellow. The touch judge said ‘I’ve no idea where the referee got that red card from, I think he just panicked’ !
A very good win for us with a changed side and we were very surprised that Guildford beat Wimbledon to take us back to the top. I thought our time at the top had gone and Wimbledon were going to steadily pull clear, but it shows how close most teams are in this league this season.

It was great to see our clubhouse so full, with Brentwood bringing a large support. I look forward to the return and hope we can travel in good numbers too.

Edited by Thames Estuary Man - 28 Oct 2018 at 10:51

Popped down to watch T Wells v Tring yesterday. Was a gripping, close game with two very committed teams.

Tring had some dangerous big runners but Wells shut them down effectively. They defended like demons, especially in the last 5 minutes, down to 14 with Tring hammering at the line.

Were Tring missing some players? It’s the first time I’ve ever seen them play and to be honest I felt a bit underwhelmed considering their finish last year and the start of this year. They were dominated at the set piece and seemed to lack any real threat outside of their 3 or 4 big ball carriers?

One thing I wasn’t overly impressed with was the attitude of several of the Tring players towards the referee. I felt he controlled the game well and penalised both teams as much as each other for similar offences. However, when Tring had a man down with a head injury with Wells in possession, the referee rightly stopped the game to allow treatment. When a Wells player was down with a head knock with Tring in possession, the referee again stopped the game and immediately he was surrounded by Tring players saying such things as “disgraceful” “joke” etc.
Certainly not in the spirit of the game.

Edited by Kentish Odd balls - 28 Oct 2018 at 16:10

Plus they don't even seem to write any match reports for themselves.

Robb

Tring VS Hertford

From a 5ft6" view on the same touch line


The melee started by the person red carded, the Melee was pushed through the orange plastic tape over the touch line into the crowd.

As mentioned on a previous thread last week the club house side is close to the pitch.

No pitch invasions witnessed.

Hope this helps




Edited by dave2dave - 29 Oct 2018 at 20:59

Thames Estuary Man wrote: I’ve just watched the Westcliff red card a few times and I still can’t see how red is the right decision. I admit to being no great expert on rugby laws but it seems to me there are two very committed players racing to catch the ball, arriving almost simultaneously. The Brentwood lad does get the ball but I just see it as an accidental collision. I think if both players had gone down injured, the referee probably wouldn’t have got a card out of any colour. It seems so harsh to me that a lad will miss games because of something accidental.

chiefwiggum1984 wrote: Thames Estuary Man wrote: I’ve just watched the Westcliff red card a few times and I still can’t see how red is the right decision. I admit to being no great expert on rugby laws but it seems to me there are two very committed players racing to catch the ball, arriving almost simultaneously. The Brentwood lad does get the ball but I just see it as an accidental collision. I think if both players had gone down injured, the referee probably wouldn’t have got a card out of any colour. It seems so harsh to me that a lad will miss games because of something accidental. can you post the video on here? would be very happy to comment on it

I don’t have any right to the video as I’m not a club official, just a supporter. I don’t know how red card appeals work, but I’ll be interested to see if the card is appealed and what the outcome is.

Edited by Thames Estuary Man - 31 Oct 2018 at 13:31

I’m pleased to see that the Westcliff player red carded against Brentwood successfully pleaded not guilty at his hearing so was available to play again this weekend. In my opinion, that was the correct decision.
It was good that having to play with 14 for a lot of the second half didn’t change the result, as that would have been disappointing.

Edited by Thames Estuary Man - 06 Nov 2018 at 00:31