Re: Itma !!.. A gillingham thread !.
 

I fully agree about the poor refereeing Monkey Hanger. Predictable ‘spoiling’ tactics from a Steve Evans side but the referee just allowed them to get away with it time after time. He didn’t show a yellow card to a Gillingham player until virtually the end of the match! He awarded 24 free kicks against Gills players, there should have been many more. The match was a very poor spectacle in terms of entertainment largely because of the constant attempts at foul play and so many free kicks which totally disrupted the flow of the game.
The referee only booked three players and probably went home thinking that he’d had a ‘good match’.:eek:

Re: Itma !!.. A gillingham thread !.
 

after the first few minutes it was obvious what their tactics were. if i put my referees hat on and not my stanley one i still would have cautioned a couple of their lot in the first 20 minutes would have made the game more enjoyable and easier for him. would it have changed the final result though is another question.

Re: Itma !!.. A gillingham thread !.
 

Evans teams have always played that way cos he knows with the poor standard of refs, in the main they can get away with it imho.

Re: Itma !!.. A gillingham thread !.
 

Even Steve Evans , that paragon of dubious football tactics !, made three timely substitutions , who unlike Carvallo had time to make an impact on the game !.
Sometimes I despair !..

Re: Itma !!.. A gillingham thread !.
 

i despair in nearly every game i go to at stanley because of this. the main reason i did not renew my season ticket this season. get totally fed up looking to see any movement on the bench. got to be a standing joke around me as the 85th minute seems the time for any action.