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Top teams need stronger refs, says Oaks boss

March 1, 2012 16:32
Martin Fox

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Danny Caro,

Danny Caro

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Oakwood manager Ric Blank believes that the Maccabi League should review how it assigns referees to matches after the Division One leaders came through a fiery affair against Redbridge Jewish Care B.

Blank was outraged by the performance of Michael Cohen who sent off two Redbridge players, Scott Kay and Jamie Cooper, in a match Oakwood won 2-1.

The Oakwood boss believes that both red cards, one of which was a straight red for abusive, insulting and offensive language, were avoidable.

Blank said: "The league must take responsibility when it appointsweak refs for big games. We've had this before and it's not fair on anyone involved. There was no consistency in the refereeing despite there not being a bad challenge all game.

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