Formic wrote:The onerous challenge for our board / management now is to decide what response to make.
Should they respond to these accusations now they are in "public print" - or decide to avoid comment about this article to avoid pouring petrol on the fire. In that case should they pass comment on the incident itself, advising those who are concerned of the actions they plan to avoid a repeat - or perhaps just advise they plan to wait until the Southern League come up with their findings and any possible punishment.
Given the serious allegation then witnesses ought to be sought etc.
No need for our Club to sink to Langley levels & say anything in public. Hanlon behaved like a c..k for the entirety of the game, he has come out and made a noise & accusations on the basis, attack is best form of defence. Off the record I doubt a single person connected with Langley who gives a flying f..k about the game of football would honestly defend the crap that went on from their players throughout the game in relation to simulating injuries (cheating) however they will have to come out and defend / deflect it. Sadly the (INDEPENDENT) assessor for the referee will also be obliged to defend Coco the Clown, so expect his report to contain, good decision making in difficult circumstances, the correct amount of time added (this is the Man who couldn't even get the game started on time) dealing well with the situation after our goal, after all Refs expect to have hands waved in their faces, fingers pushed up their noses and being called, I witnessed it so I can quote "a useless c bomb". As well as forgetting to mention when Coco restated the game following the near fatal 3 injuries he at no point instructed our players to return the ball to the opposition. Langley will make a lot of noise as is often the case with those in the wrong and the nett result will be, big fines for both Clubs, result stands, and a massive endorsement for the match officials for tracking down ELJ and handing out a red card coupled with failing to book the player who cleaned Brad out from behind (used to be a red card) and the entire bench who then systematically laid into him. In summary, Langley (possibly under instruction) spent the entire game wasting time, the Ref lost the match along with the plot and unfortunately some of our people lost their heads following 90 mins of provocation.
