Weston critical of ref's display
Rhys Weston believes Saddlers didn't get enough protection from the referee on Saturday, after three of his team-mates were forced off.
Walsall's 2-1 victory over Cheltenham had some of the gloss taken from it by injuries to Ian Roper, Lee Holmes and Ishmel Demontagnac, all of which were caused by robust challenges from the Robins that went unpunished by the referee.
Roper suffered bruising at the top of his foot after a challenge by Cheltenham top scorer Steven Gillespie, while Holmes also fell victim to a clash with the same player and Weston was unhappy with both incidents.
"At the risk of being too controversial, I didn't think the referee was fantastic," Weston said.
"There were a couple of challenges that were a little bit naughty – the one on Ian Roper and the one on Lee Holmes, especially, but that's football.
"Sometimes you get decisions and sometimes you don't and he got the one that counted right, which was Lee's penalty decision and we move on."
The full back also praised Tommy Mooney after the skipper put last week's penalty miss against Tranmere behind him to score from the spot.
"That's the character of Tommy," Weston said.
