We've got the Japanese ref. Anybody know anything about him? Why images of Shogun flash through my mind, i can't say. Visions of Samuria Linesman, Flag Style kung fu, Yellow throwing stars (reds posioned), that kinda childish thing.... Hari-Kari on a blown offside ... For real , is he good? the game he reffed he seemed happy and did well /good, which is all you can ask i suppose. its all about crouchie-san, really. Can Crouchie-san climb...this is the question.
ok, here goes, in honour of the ref: World cup Hiaku Crouchie-San Is climbing Rising Son Nods Flick-on finds foot Flag stays down. ok, you can do better on 2 seconds notice?
I saw him ref his first game. He let them play, even the pundits thought he was quite lenient. Let go a couple of penalty shouts if memory serves. Normally would be good for England but isn't this basically a premiership team against a League one team? So if the FA cup is anything to go by, there's gonna be some shin kicking in store.
https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=365382 Most on the above thread were complimentary of his job in his first game.