Those of a Molesey persuasion waking up on Thursday morning could be forgiven for thinking the whole thing was a bad dream, as they crashed to their heaviest league defeat for a number of years.

The Moles will point to a poor refereeing display being a factor, but in truth it was a performance lacking character, discipline and most worryingly, effort.

It started as early as the second minute, as Jack Sammoutis crept round the Molesey left way too easily and squeezed the ball between Liam Allen's legs from a tight angle. Gabriel Odunaike had the simplest of tap ins on the goal line.

The Moles were still very much in the contest for the next half hour or so. Stafforde Palmer sliced harmlessly wide from a good position after being set up by Joe Nwoko, and Tom Windsor flicked an effort into the arms of Brandon Daly

Both ref and linesman missed a fairly blatant handball by a home defender as Nwoko and Palmer broke two on one, and given the standards the ref set himself later in the evening it would have resulted in a red card for the culprit.

Casuals' Phil Stevenson was very fortunate to get away with a mild telling off following an ugly scissor challenge on Nwoko, and in the interests of balance Palmer was incredibly fortunate to escape punishment for an apparent stamp on Jordan Cheadle.

Despite the Moles creating several presentable opportunities, it was Casuals who looked more likely to add to the scoring, with Dan Summers and Jake Nicholson both going close.

Two goals in the final couple of minutes of the half killed the game as a contest. Cheadle's terrific crossfield pass picked out Malachi Hudson, who set up Summers to fire past Allen.

The ref then took centre stage when he waved away Casuals' appeals that Dre Grobler had bundled Summers over. However, he allowed himself to be over-ruled by his assistant who was some 40 yards further away from the incident and flagging for a free kick. Without consultation he awarded a penalty, which Summers tucked away.

Hudson rounded Allen but shot over, and Jame King made a terrific goal line clearance from Odunaike to prevent a fourth.

The second half was as bad a performance from the Moles as can be imagined. They were ponderous in possession, static going forward and ill-disciplined in defence.

Allen kept the scoreline respectable with a couple of good saves early on, and it was once more a bizarre officiating decision that led to the fourth goal midway through the half.

The assistant not involved in the penalty incident clearly raised his flag for offside before changing his mind and putting it down again, and as Molesey defenders chased Odunaike James King tripped the Casuals attacker.

No doubt a foul, and King was possibly the last man, but the ref chose to ignore the directorate of not brandishing a red card in such circumstances if the foul was accidental - which certainly appeared to be the case - by giving King his marching orders.

Predictably, Summers' free kick took a wicked deflection and ended up in the back of the net.

New centre half Dan Hicks showed signs that he's not a bad footballer, but both he and Grobler seemed more interested in picking fights than defending in the second half.

Hicks gave the ball away to Summers to make it six, after Odunaike had capitalised on a misplaced pass from Connor French a few minutes earlier.

There was not even a muted celebration when Cheadle's injury time free kick made it seven, with the game having turned into little more than a half paced training exercise for the hosts by then.

The Moles will hope this is rock bottom, as they gear up for home games over the coming days against Chipstead and early table toppers Tooting & Mitcham.