Kiddie Harriers aka Stukas Fiddle The Three Points

[tangerinedream]

Firstly let me say that we got exactly what we deserved at Kidderminster today. Absolutely nothing. In what turned out to be one of our most ineffectual performances that I've seen in a long while we simply failed to turn up in every department with their keeper being seriously called into action on probably no more than a couple of occasions all afternoon.

We just couldn't create anything worthwhile up front due to either poor positioning or a poor final ball and our defence was pulled out of position on numerous times by a fast raiding Kidderminster side who fortunately for us were equally woeful in front of goal with their single goal margin victory coming from a very dubious free kick award. A well rehearsed routine settled the game after just nine minutes of play with the resulting shot taking a vital deflection just beyond the reach of a diving Jay Lynch.

When it comes to diving then Kidderminster Harriers - or should I say Stukas - were without doubt the most cynical cheating sides that I have ever seen us play against. On countless occasions their players went down at the slightest of touches and then proceeded to roll around as if taken out by a Japanese sniper. It's something that I have never witnessed at our level of football and I genuinely feel sorry for their supporters if they have to watch those sort of disgraceful tactics week in and week out. Unfortunately our cause was not helped by a weak referee who did nothing to stamp out their blatant gamesmanship and niggling off the ball tactics and was more interested in pushing our players back a foot or two every time we had a throw in and whose day was made complete by his dismissal of captain Simon Grand within a minute of the second half for a challenge from behind.

Whether today's game was a hangover from the disappointment of conceding an injury time equaliser in a physical encounter against Halfax in midweek  I really don't know. One thing is certain though. We will have to massively raise our performance levels away at Chorley next Tuesday night if we are to get anything out of that game.

[tangerinedream]

On the other side of the coin I did nevertheless still enjoy our trip out today to Kidderminster. Spoke to a number of very friendly locals before the game who made us feel welcome and I have to say that I was very impressed with everything about the set up at Aggborough.

[returntosender]

You could say we had a black day,in the black Country.Seriously we got exactly what we deserved.Kidderminsters goal came courtesy of a free kick routine practised on the training ground that if it had been produced at OT our Garry would have been raving about.Also as already been stated their constant going to ground should have been dealt with by a rather weak refferee.what was also worrying was our inability to create any decent chances all in all an afternoon to forget.

[harriers9]

Firstly can I point out the the Black Country is ten miles from Kidderminster. Would you like us saying you were from near Liverpool?

Secondly the ref was equally as bad for both sides and let many genuine fouls go when they should have been punished. Example: Minutes from the end your man used his elbows on Andre Browns shoulders to climb above him but the ref then gave a foul in YOUR favour. How does that work in the cheating stakes?

We saw your players going to ground too easily too and wonder why nothing is done about it as were some tackles your players put in that ended up with on the pitch treatment.

You have tangerine coloured glasses mate.

[returntosender]

Sept 10, 2016 21:29:24 GMT harriers9 said:

Firstly can I point out the the Black Country is ten miles from Kidderminster. Would you like us saying you were from near Liverpool?

Secondly the ref was equally as bad for both sides and let many genuine fouls go when they should have been punished. Example: Minutes from the end your man used his elbows on Andre Browns shoulders to climb above him but the ref then gave a foul in YOUR favour. How does that work in the cheating stakes?

We saw your players going to ground too easily too and wonder why nothing is done about it as were some tackles your players put in that ended up with on the pitch treatment.

You have tangerine coloured glasses mate.

I am sorry you don't want to be in the Black Country.I am sorry I said the Ref was an homer.I am also sorry you had to waste your time coming on our forum.

[harriers9]

Where did I call you a Dickhead?

[broughton12]

Have i missed something here haha
Sorry H but ref was defo one sided your lads went down fsr too easily did a couple of rolls then as soon as a foul was given or not jumped up. The red was never a red either late yes but dangerous no never yellow all day on the balance of play 2st half you deserved the lead we played better with 10 lads for some reason and its since been reported that the lads were grand slamming after the game in the changing rooms with food poisoning. Not from the Kiddy food which was awesome by the way best food ive had at a football game by a long way the cheese and onion pie was boom

[tangerinedream]

Sept 10, 2016 21:29:24 GMT harriers9 said:

Firstly can I point out the the Black Country is ten miles from Kidderminster. Would you like us saying you were from near Liverpool?

That was probably a genuine mistake and no offence was intended. Funny though that we were referred to as Mancs on your forum which is actually a different city altogether!

Secondly the ref was equally as bad for both sides and let many genuine fouls go when they should have been punished. Example: Minutes from the end your man used his elbows on Andre Browns shoulders to climb above him but the ref then gave a foul in YOUR favour. How does that work in the cheating stakes?

How can an example of a defender trying to climb on a forward be classed as cheating or even be remotely compared to the antics of your players who went to go to ground at every possible opportunity, then feigned injury - before eventually sprinting away - to get our players either booked or sent off,  regularly kicked the ball away and then constantly interfered and impeded our keeper with your number 9 and 16 being the main culprits. I'm not suggesting that we're saints - far from it - but I would seriously have a problem watching the team I support resort to the worst excesses that made many of us turn our backs on the top levels of the professional game.

We saw your players going to ground too easily too and wonder why nothing is done about it as were some tackles your players put in that ended up with on the pitch treatment.

You need to let us have your physio as his ability to revive players who appeared to have received 'life threatening injuries' was truly miraculous.

You have tangerine coloured glasses mate.

I have no problem losing as I stated in my original post but I do have a problem with a team who employs tactics of the lowest denominator to gain an unfair advantage which is then compounded by a referee who does absolutely nothing to stamp it out. I do wear glasses by the way but wonder whether you might yourself benefit from a visit to your local optician!

Cheers for coming on Harrier. Always good to have some banter with opposing fans and we'll see you at Moor Lane later in the season.