Ref Watch

[dadnlad]

I believe a referee can only referee one FA cup final in his career.... now I'm going to be proved wrong.

cant be right howard webb did every cup final the rags won

 

[MillionMilesAway]

I always thought that and Dean already done 2008. But Oliver did the 2018 and 2021 finals and Taylor the 2017 and 2020 games so this once in a lifetime is obviously bollocks. Although before these two the last ref to do two finals was some bloke called Arthur Kingscott in 1900 and 1901 so maybe it was a thing. Worryingly Attwell was involved on VAR in 2020, then fourth official in 2021 so surely he can't be ref this year.

The Oliver/Taylor duplicates were specifically because it was covid years. I think it was thought unfair to give a ref a final in an empty/half empty stadium.

Seems quite reasonable to me.

 

[JRockBlues]

Hopefully replacing Walton in the BT Studio.

He's not giving up refereeing altogether, just moving into full-time VAR role. Did an interview not that long ago where he said his fitness was starting to become an issue and could only manage to ref just one game a week these days.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

He's not giving up refereeing altogether, just moving into full-time VAR role. Did an interview not that long ago where he said his fitness was starting to become an issue and could only manage to ref just one game a week these days.

VAR should be a specific role in my humble opinion.

They also need to let the on field ref review more of their decisions at pitchside without having to overturn their decisions.

I reckon Dean would be good at that.

 

[Blue Mist]

He's not giving up refereeing altogether, just moving into full-time VAR role. Did an interview not that long ago where he said his fitness was starting to become an issue and could only manage to ref just one game a week these days.

His lack of fitness was apparent on Sunday. At least he was fair and blocked as many Southampton attacks as he did for us. It was embarrassing.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

His lack of fitness was apparent on Sunday. At least he was fair and blocked as many Southampton attacks as he did for us. It was embarrassing.

Once each? Refs have to be somewhere on the pitch. Sometimes the players won’t know where they are going next, so how are the referees meant to know?

 

[MillionMilesAway]

VAR should be a specific role in my humble opinion.

They also need to let the on field ref review more of their decisions at pitchside without having to overturn their decisions.

I reckon Dean would be good at that.

I do too. Much more respected than Mason, and likely to support the onfield.

 

[mat]

Dean is far more well known for his idiosyncrasies than his poor decisions.

And his links to bookies...

 

[DTKOAG]

Happy retirement Mike.
He can earn a fortune doing the after dinner speaking and talking about the Aguero moment.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

And his links to bookies...

Not by most. Just the few down the rabbit hole of corruption.