View from the touchline 4 Feb 23

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   Here is my biased one eyed view from todays match at Worthing
Well another tough game where Worthing pushed us all the way. We were quite sloppy and disjointed in the first half but it was pretty amazing that sir took so long to go to his pocket (38 mins) I think the penalty count by Worthing was around 12-14 including a deliberate knock down it seemed every breakdown was finished by a penalty. It sort of changed in the second half with a further 2 cards but not sure if one should have been red with clear contact by a shoulder in the face couple of other poor decisions by officials 50-22 given to Worthing when the kicker was around 5 metres inside the club half but luckily nothing resulted from the line out however scrum on the halfway line AR puts in 6 blue hands in the scrum ref doesn’t hear or ignores and Worthing fine back play & score. Still without the officials we don’t have a game. Not sure if there were a few harsh words in the dressing room at half time but a different Club team took the pitch in the second half and were very direct and physical and controlled the field well and I think the only visit by Worthing into the Club 22 was when they scored. Was pretty nervous about this one all week and glad to get it out of the way and leave with 5 points. Means we open up a 9 point gap over Dorking who will hopefully come unstuck next week at Worthing (please) and a 5-0 takes them back to second place with plenty still to play for. We have 7oaks at home next week in which will be another tough Kent Derby