Ref Watch

Eds said:
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.
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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 said:
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.
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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.
 
JRockBlues said:
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.
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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.
 
Blue Mist said:
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.
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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?
 
Happy retirement Mike.
He can earn a fortune doing the after dinner speaking and talking about the Aguero moment.
 
He'll be Sky Sports version Peter Walton next season.

The thought of Spitty, Neville and him Gaslighting us during a match against the dippers doesn't bear thinking about.
 
mat said:
He'll be Sky Sports version Peter Walton next season.

The thought of Spitty, Neville and him Gaslighting us during a match against the dippers doesn't bear thinking about.
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No one forces you to watch them. If they upset you, why not watch something else?
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
Indeed. It still doesn’t mean that most people will think of that when looking back at his career.
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Yes.

He's the celebrity ref with the ego to match. Even growing that beard to troll during lockdown.

I can't see Reilly wanting him to stay in PiGMOL because he'll see him as a threat to his job.

I'd go further than your point about making him VAR overseer. I'd have him as the boss of the organisation. He wouldn't be able to resist being on Tele every week explaining decisions made. His ego would love his own show on the job.
 
mat said:
Yes.

He's the celebrity ref with the ego to match. Even growing that beard to troll during lockdown.

I can't see Reilly wanting him to stay in PiGMOL because he'll see him as a threat to his job.

I'd go further than your point about making him VAR overseer. I'd have him as the boss of the organisation. He wouldn't be able to resist being on Tele every week explaining decisions made. His ego would love his own show on the job.
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Why do people get so wound up by referees?

If I thought the game was bent, I’d never watch a match, let alone buy a ticket again.

Is it cathartic to spout the same abuse, day in, day out, week in, week out, year in year out?

I simply don’t get the ire. It’s bizarre.
 
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