Michael Oliver (merged)

[woodi97]

Referee for yesterdays match and while refs usually come in for a lot of stick on forum's i really cant think of any decision i disagreed with yesterday.
He was clever in the way he handled the game, allowing fouls to be foul's and not being overly harsh on any player when he brought out a yellow card.

Could go on to be one of the best ref's the Prem has had to date, and at the age of 26 he has loads of years in front of him at the top level.

An absolute breath of fresh air.

i totally agree

 

[richardtheref]

Michael is top draw. Still does a lot of pre season friendlies for Northern League teams and does not charge them a penny, always says he needs the fitness. Now this might only save them £50 but the other North East ref in the Premier League will not get not do this as it is not his worth!

His dad was also a ref in the Football League and retired a couple of seasons ago due to injury. If you ever saw his dad ref you would know were Michael gets it.

 

[es1]

Michael is top draw. Still does a lot of pre season friendlies for Northern League teams and does not charge them a penny, always says he needs the fitness. Now this might only save them £50 but the other North East ref in the Premier League will not get not do this as it is not his worth!

His dad was also a ref in the Football League and retired a couple of seasons ago due to injury. If you ever saw his dad ref you would know were Michael gets it.

he was my RDO when i was in the north east and took my ref course, he's a really good lad, good to see him reffing our games, now the 3rd he's done and the 3rd we've won!

 

[MSP]

It's not just him, look how good was Dowd at Swamp.

They can be good when they have instructions to be good.

 

[MCFC BOB]

I think we should have been given the penalty when it hit Hutton on the arm, but yes, I said before the game that Oliver was the best referee in the Premier League.

 

[BufordUSABlue]

Re: Michael Oliver

Oliver is possibly the best ref out there. Understands that a good ref is invisible.

This.... totally!

Puts our 'top ref' Webb into shamed prospective.

Oliver is streets ahead of anyone else and will get better with experience, best English ref to come through for many a year IMO..

 

[SkyBlueCanuck]

the same thought occurred to me about 15 minutes after the final whistle. very nice to have a game go by when the ref was not a major factor in it.

it's a fine line between a ref asserting control over the game and having him dominate it. Oliver kept control just enough to let the game flow and progress naturally. top class job.

 

[Bluekiwi]

Perhaps someone should let Riley know how good the ref was, and suggest that all other prima donnas are compelled to watch a video of the game to see how to do the job properly.

 

[bammy blue]

as long as the forces of evil at the swamp don't sink their teeth into him and poison his un-biased mind as they have done to others.

 

[Oystercatcher28]

Good ref