Reminder.
There are 28,000 registered referees in the U.K.
There are 20 (yes 20) Select Group 1 referees for the PL & 80% are from the greater Manchester area.
It’s not social media abuse stopping young referees reaching the top..
"It's absolutely disgraceful... we won't have any young referees in the game again"
Jamie Redknapp's defence of Michael Oliver and Premier League referees 👇
Never wanna hear a Liverpool fan knock Arteta again.
If we were 8 points clear of Liverpool & they were playing Endo up front because Salah, Gakpo, Jota & Nunez were all injured,,,, I’d be sleeping like a fucking baby.
Rattled
Think we’ve seen 4 “never gonna see that again” decisions given against us this season.
My prediction for the next one?
David Raya will get x2 yellow cards for time wasting….
Shout out Martin Odegaard.
Won both coin tosses.
Picked to shoot first.
Stepped up himself to take the first one.
Was also our best player on the night.
Proper captain.
So the referee is obliged to allow Man City some extra seconds grace to get back in position and defend,,, but he’s not allowed to give Trossard extra seconds grace between hearing the whistle & kicking the ball?
Ok, gotcha.
Michael Oliver is the same referee who gave Martinelli 2 yellow cards in the same passage of play spanning across 5 seconds.
One for trying to block a throw-in & the other for a nudge in the back.
Unfathomable how Kovacic is still on the pitch considering his 2 tackles.
