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Saturday, November 19, 2005

Watkiss Blames The Ref Again

Kidderminster manager Stuart Watkiss had harsh words for the referee for the second week running after apparently being denied a penalty in the 0-0 draw with York.

Referee Amy Raynor, who had received some stiff criticism from Gravesend manager Liam Daish earlier in the season, decided striker Iyseden Christie had dived when it seemed clear to most in the ground that the goalkeeper had brought him down.

Watkiss told the official Kidderminster website "For two weeks on the bounce, I'll be leaving the game tonight still puzzled by what I see as a poor refereeing decision that has ultimately decided the game. Obviously you can never say whether we would have scored the penalty or not, but we should certainly have had the chance to find out and we're disappointed to again be on the wrong end of poor officiating.
"I have to say I think the officials were poor from start to finish today. The linesman didn't help with the penalty decision so you have to wonder why he's there. I went over to her and shook her hand and just let her know what I thought of that decision and her performance, but there was no bad language, I just thought it was unacceptable and I gave her my views."

Watkiss also spoke confirming rumours of the impending sales of some of the higher paid players:
"It's no secret that we may have to lose some of our top earners, but as much as we may have to lose them, I obviously want to keep them. There are no offers on the table yet and no deal is imminent for any of our players but there has obviously been interest, but that's all it is at the moment. There is the money available to bring in one more loan signing [before Thursday] so we'll sit down on Monday morning and see where we are with injuries before making a decision on what to do."