The Referees Thread

[Villan57]

Our refs went downhill when they became celebrities and we have Sky to that for that. The ref should not be made the star attraction but sadly they are and even more so with VAR.
Shouldn't even be named they should be referred to as the referee

 

[Moose66]

As far as referees go, I shall quote Fulton Mackay in Porridge- " there are no favourites here, I treat you all with equal contempt "

 

[JuanPabloAngel]

Mike Riley stepping down as PGMOL head.

Ordinarily, that would be welcome news. But it raises the worry of who is going to take over - Mike Dean? Martin Atkinson? I shudder to think!

 

[david-avfc]

Mike Riley stepping down as PGMOL head.

Ordinarily, that would be welcome news. But it raises the worry of who is going to take over - Mike Dean? Martin Atkinson? I shudder to think!

Needs a non-referee to take over IMO. Too much of a boys club more interested in preserving their own careers rather than improving standards

 

[sirdennis]

We're f*****

Mike Dean is staying in the Premier League after signing a deal to become a dedicated VAR next season, Sportsmail can reveal.

Dean, 54, retired from refereeing at the end of the last campaign after 22 years of on-field duties in the top flight. His 560th and final game in charge was Chelsea against Watford at Stamford Bridge in May.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...signing-deal-dedicated-VAR-official-next.html

 

[sirdennis]

Really truly f*****

As well as Dean, Jonathan Moss and Martin Atkinson have also retired from refereeing Premier League matches. Moss and Atkinson are moving upstairs, taking up Select Group 1 management and coaching roles respectively. Kevin Friend is likewise hanging up his whistle to take over a newly-created position as manager of the Select Group 2 officials, who referee matches in the Championship.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...signing-deal-dedicated-VAR-official-next.html

 

[Pride of Lions]

Nigel Pearson saying it as it is.......

https://twitter.com/x/status/1559823107539587078

 

[sirdennis]

I've been saying that for years.

Maybe I should make it my signature

 

[wittonite]

Howard Webb is coming back from USA to head up the PGMOL at a date to be confirmed.
More jobs for the boys.

 

[Thomas Holte]

Why are so many refs bald?

A. Most people who apply to become referees are over-intelligent. They become bald as a result of surgery to remove 80 per cent of their brain tissue and to have their eyesight and hearing impaired. After they recover from the operation, the hair never grows back properly.

 

[mike_field]

Howard Webb is coming back from USA to head up the PGMOL at a date to be confirmed.
More jobs for the boys.

He retired in 2014 to become technical director of PGMOL and a year later was appointed director of referees for the Saudi Arabian Football Federation.

Interesting - I didn't know that.

 

[Fulford]

I think a few officials will be smiling when they check their bank balances tonight.

 

[mike_field]

I think a few officials will be smiling when they check their bank balances tonight.

It's the thing that gets me, I know there is no way certain clubs line officials pockets - it's just too way obvious a scam. But every single match day for as long as I now remember, why is there always one game across all the fixtures that makes you think it.

 

[Langoe66]

Really does make you wonder….just seen the West Ham decision….would that have been given at the other end if Chelsea had equalised? Doubt it. Newcastle disallowed goal is another joke and guess what Lee Mason was on VAR…a useless referee and now supposedly in charge of VAR. Utter shambles!

 

["Merd"]

Wasn’t it always the way but now with multiple camera angles and analysis, it just reinforces what we always knew - refs are fallible and have a certain inbuilt bias. I think it was ever thus and refer you to a 2010 match at Wembley. And this:

https://bleacherreport.com/articles...efereeing-decisions-in-world-football-history

 

[AstonBurrito]

Does Premier League have a problem using VAR after day of controversy? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62783142

Not even a mention of the Coutinho's decision.

 

[Xchurch Villa]

The technology is there to do the job. If an official clearly makes the wrong decissiion they should be suspended, an investigation held and the official made to explain their decision. If they got it wrong they should make a public apology and be forced to meet with the chairman of the wronged club.

The second time it happens they should be dismissed.
Just to be clear I'm talking VAR here where there should be no excus for a wrong decision
This approach would soon improve standards

 

[Langoe66]

Riley goes at Christmas by all accounts and Howard Webb takes over….the sooner the better. Riley has been utterly useless but as I’ve said for years how he got the gig in the first place when he’d been one of the weakest and inconsistent refs going, is baffling. Same with Lee Mason, now head of VAR…completely useless as a ref…and yesterday was on VAR at Newcastle and getting it horribly wrong! At least Webb was a half decent ref and seems to have some authority about him…he’ll need it trying to knock this shower into shape!

 

[LewChatterley'sLover]

it just reinforces what we always knew - refs are fallible and have a certain inbuilt bias.

Fallible? They are a bunch of fucking pricks with major personality disorders and a uniform fetish.

 

[Platypus]

Does Premier League have a problem using VAR after day of controversy? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62783142

Not even a mention of the Coutinho's decision.

That wasn't a VAR problem it was a dickhead linesman and dickhead ref problem.