Here's a first - I am going to congratulate 
the referee! Not on a faultless performance 
albeit, he had a pretty decent game all in 
all, but that a ref (and an experienced one 
at that) had the decency to hold his hand up 
and admit to a mistake at the end of the 
game. Fair enough, because Matador 
players were hardly beyond blame for a 
somewhat disappointing defeat either. We 
should have scored more than just the 
solitary Jocelyn first half strike and turned 
possession into the only commodity that 
really matters. 
 The 'equaliser', I had a pretty decent view 
of from the touchline and there was no way 
I could see it was over the line. Without a 
linesman, the referee made a judgement 
call that it had crossed the line from his 
position on the edge of the area or so. The 
keeper 'knew' he had scrambled it out 
before the ball had reached the line, never 
mind crossed it and so was justifiably 
incenced. I think in hindsight all players and 
officials would agree that no goal should be 
awarded unless the the referee is absolutely 
sure the ball has crossed the line but 
unfortunately we did not get the benefit of 
the doubt today.

We hit the bar (twice?) once a thumping 
header from Jeremie with the score at one 
apiece but otherwise it was an uninspiring 
second half showing.

That said, maybe Socheaux deserved a 
break today. The fact this was their first win 
in a tight division is a bit surprising and 
judging from the tightness of their defeats, 
maybe they were due a bit of luck. 3-1 
perhaps flattered them as we pushed 
forward in the closing stages and got caught 
on the break.  

One final thought - had the ball crossed the 
line and our keeper had known it, would he 
(and our defenders) have admitted as 
much? As the gaffer, I would have no 
problem with this and would encourage it in 
a league lacking linesmen. We all try and 
get away with what we can at times but it 
would be great if we all did what we could to 
make the refs job a little bit easier! At the 
end of the day, it's only a game after all!