The first sending off was not for dissent, it was for clipping the other players heels. The second was for dissent. Ultimately a lot of it did stem from frustration from inconsistency of decisions. I'm definitely not condoning the actions of the players involved, and we all know that the officials are regularly in a difficult situation.
I was not near the spectators so don't know what was said, which again if there was bad and foul language then that is not acceptable either, however, one of the referees assistants are not innocent in this situation either and was abusing both players and fans verbally too. This is not acceptable either and also needs looking at if other aspects are being looked at.
Officials are there to control the game and keep the games flowing. Unfortunately this season it has been seen on too many occasions that this is not always the case. We could probably count on one hand how many games we've had refs that you effectively didn't notice because they had control of the game the way it should be.
Having heard that certain players in certain teams are being targeted by refs based on reputation (I've heard this direct from at least 2 refs and applies to a few teams) this does not help matters. A game should be reffed upon what is happening on the day in relation to the letter of the law, not what has preceded it.
Kinda glad this season can be put to bed now.
Well done again to Selwyn on their success this year and all the best in the MPL. Let's home 2018 sees a big improvement from clubs and officials alike and we get to talk about the action on the pitch rather than anything else
Cheers for clarifying. No truth that opposition coach had to twice step in to stop situations that could have seen officials assaulted by spectators and players? We struggle for refs as it is so I really hope this is second hand blown out of proportion and not correct
There wasn't anything during the game itself in regards to that, if something happened after the game I'm unsure as I was the other side of the pitch packing the rope etc down.
I do know there was some gatherings and have heard rumours of some stuff that may have gone on, but not being there 1st hand I'm not going to speculate