But our luck is even worse! Fair enough we did not have a clue, and on balance of play we probably deserved to lose, but the fact is, that once again we would probably would have won the match if the officials had done their jobs properly. Their goal WAS offside, and in the immediate aftermath, during the melee in their penalty area, we should have been awarded not one, but TWO penalties! Add to that, the fact that Bouazza did not get over his injury and Ashleys illness, not forgetting Marlon and Ben (though Lee did have a great game). WHEN IS OUR LUCK GOING TO CHANGE!
Yet again the ref was poor but we can not blame him for the way we played last night. Have a look at skysports web site go to Watford and then click on stats. That shows why we are at the bottom of the league. Clearly we can't pass can't tackle, enough said Games 13 Goals 10 pos 15 Shots 119 pos15 Conversion % 8% pos 15 Passes 3254 pos 20 Pass % 53% pos 20 Crosses 388 pos 2 Cross % 23% pos 8 Tackles 253 pos 20 Tackle % 79% pos 4 Fouls 215 pos 4 Yellow Cards 17 pos 18 Red Cards 0 pos 13
I don't think we can use the refs as an excuse too much though...if our midfield and strikers had turned up 87 mins early we may've stood a chance.
While I despair over the refeering decision we have had this year, I refuse to blame our position on them. Last night we could have put the game away even in the face of the poor refeering (think Brammall Lane 4-1 type performance) yet we didn't. We were just plain poor.
Dare I say it, but it left me worryied about Aidys judgement! With a limited choice of Strikers available, we still chose to launch it! Of all the teams we could have played a bit more football against SUTD are top of the list, especially when our attacking options were limited to Macca and Smith both wingers. Additionally why did we rigidly stick to our pre-planned tactics? it was clear after 20mins it was'nt working and we made no effort to change it! I did'nt see the post match interviews, but on the official website today he blames the players. Yes they share the blame but like an SS oficer they were following your orders...
We were quite fortunate with injuries last season so perhaps the injury front is evening itself out this season!? If we had lost King last season like we have this year then we'd be nowhere near the Premiership - FACT! Perhaps we should stop moaning about decisions because there isn't much we can do about them, they're given and we have to accept them! We need to roll our sleeves up and fight for everything, not be second best like we were last night! We deserved to get beaten last night and sheff utd deserved their luck after they hit the post twice and wasted other chances! It could have been 0-4 on another night!
