I don’t see how you can call that a flop. He didn’t drag his leg- his leg that got kicked didn’t move forward and if you've ever tried it, it’s super hard to make your leg not move forward when running unless there’s some significant physical resistance, like a leg or the ground. but if you think the contact was insignificant and as such not a foul, sure people are gonna have a range of opinions about that.
Man City - Arsenal Referee: Jonathan Moss. Assistants: Marc Perry, Eddie Smart. Fourth official: Lee Mason. VAR: Michael Oliver. Assistant VAR: Neil Davies.
"Top six" matches: Liverpool - Man City (Community Shield): Atkinson Man Utd - Chelsea: Taylor Man City - Tottenham: Oliver Liverpool - Arsenal: Taylor Arsenal - Tottenham: Atkinson Chelsea - Liverpool: Oliver Man Utd - Arsenal: Friend Man Utd - Liverpool: Atkinson Liverpool - Tottenham: Taylor Chelsea - Man Utd (Carabao Cup): Tierney Liverpool - Arsenal (Carabao Cup): Marriner Liverpool - Man City: Oliver Man City - Chelsea: Atkinson Man Utd - Tottenham: Tierney Man City - Man Utd: Taylor Arsenal - Man City: Tierney Tottenham - Chelsea: Taylor Arsenal - Chelsea: Pawson Arsenal - Man Utd: Kavanagh Man Utd - Man City (Carabao Cup): Dean Liverpool - Man Utd: Pawson Chelsea - Arsenal: Attwell Man City - Man Utd (Carabao Cup): Marriner Chelsea - Man Utd: Taylor Chelsea - Tottenham: Oliver Chelsea - Liverpool (FA Cup): Kavanagh Man Utd - Man City: Dean Man City - Arsenal: Moss Distribution of these matches in the EPL so far: Taylor: 6 Oliver: 4 Atkinson: 3 Pawson: 2 Tierney: 2 Attwell: 1 Dean: 1 Friend: 1 Kavanagh: 1 Moss: 1
I wasn’t really concerned with the demotion. Rather, my point is that: - an admission that the refs screwed up - an apology or at least regret it happened statement - we are taking action goes a long way in establishing faith in a league and its officials Soccer leagues would benefit greatly from this. Instead, we usually get a convoluted totally fabricated reason the ref is correct.
Matchweek 30 Watford - Leicester Referee: Stuart Attwell. Assistants: Harry Lennard, Darren Cann. Fourth official: Graham Scott. VAR: Andre Marriner. Assistant VAR: Andy Halliday. Bournemouth - Crystal Palace Referee: Mike Dean. Assistants: Dan Robathan, Simon Long. Fourth official: Simon Hooper. VAR: Andy Madley. Assistant VAR: Simon Beck. Brighton - Arsenal Referee: Paul Tierney. Assistants: Constantine Hatzidakis, Marc Perry. Fourth official: Gavin Ward. VAR: Michael Oliver. Assistant VAR: Derek Eaton. Man City - Burnley Referee: Craig Pawson. Assistants: Scott Ledger, Richard West. Fourth official: Geoff Eltringham. VAR: Kevin Friend. Assistant VAR: Adrian Holmes. Newcastle - Sheffield Referee: David Coote. Assistants: Peter Kirkup, Nick Hopton. Fourth official: Robert Jones. VAR: Martin Atkinson. Assistant VAR: Sian Massey-Ellis. Norwich - Southampton Referee: Lee Mason. Assistants: Mark Scholes, Eddie Smart. Fourth official: John Brooks. VAR: Jonathan Moss. Assistant VAR: Ian Hussin. Aston Villa - Chelsea Referee: Anthony Taylor. Assistants: Gary Beswick, Adam Nunn. Fourth official: David Webb. VAR: Chris Kavanagh. Assistant VAR: Andy Halliday. West Ham - Wolves Referee: Chris Kavanagh. Assistants: Daniel Cook, Neil Davies. Fourth official: Graham Scott. VAR: Simon Hooper. Assistant VAR: Andy Garratt. Tottenham - Man Utd Referee: Michael Oliver. Assistants: Stuart Burt, Simon Bennett. Fourth official: Craig Pawson. VAR: Paul Tierney. Assistant VAR: Adam Nunn. Everton - Liverpool Referee: Martin Atkinson. Assistants: Lee Betts, Sian Massey-Ellis. Fourth official: Anthony Taylor. VAR: Stuart Attwell. Assistant VAR: Constantine Hatzidakis. Atkinson leads the Merseyside derby, Oliver in charge as Man Utd visits their wounded former coach. Dean continues to be busy.
"Top six" matches: Liverpool - Man City (Community Shield): Atkinson Man Utd - Chelsea: Taylor Man City - Tottenham: Oliver Liverpool - Arsenal: Taylor Arsenal - Tottenham: Atkinson Chelsea - Liverpool: Oliver Man Utd - Arsenal: Friend Man Utd - Liverpool: Atkinson Liverpool - Tottenham: Taylor Chelsea - Man Utd (Carabao Cup): Tierney Liverpool - Arsenal (Carabao Cup): Marriner Liverpool - Man City: Oliver Man City - Chelsea: Atkinson Man Utd - Tottenham: Tierney Man City - Man Utd: Taylor Arsenal - Man City: Tierney Tottenham - Chelsea: Taylor Arsenal - Chelsea: Pawson Arsenal - Man Utd: Kavanagh Man Utd - Man City (Carabao Cup): Dean Liverpool - Man Utd: Pawson Chelsea - Arsenal: Attwell Man City - Man Utd (Carabao Cup): Marriner Chelsea - Man Utd: Taylor Chelsea - Tottenham: Oliver Chelsea - Liverpool (FA Cup): Kavanagh Man Utd - Man City: Dean Man City - Arsenal: Moss Tottenham - Man Utd: Oliver Distribution of these matches in the EPL so far: Taylor: 6 Oliver: 5 Atkinson: 3 Pawson: 2 Tierney: 2 Attwell: 1 Dean: 1 Friend: 1 Kavanagh: 1 Moss: 1
Now that Mikel Arteta has tested positive for "the virus"...and Arsenal is being disinfected from top to bottom...I think it's bye bye Premiere League for a bit. They are having emergency meeting tomorrow.
I won't bring in politics relating to the US government response, but the US pro sports leagues have been a shining example of proper response. Within an hour of a players positive test the NBA shut down and everyone else followed within 12 hours. What is the Premier League and UEFA waiting on?
If the EPL shuts down, it just shows they're biased against Liverpool winning a title. But seriously, this isn't a laughing matter.
Mike Dean admitted he used to have stage fright earlier in his career when he refereed big matches. “Ten to 15 years ago I used to drive to a ground and be scared stiff because I’m refereeing in front of 60 to 70,000 people. “You have to remind yourself that you don’t make mistakes on purpose and that you shouldn’t let yourself worry, because if you worry too much about a mistake you’re going to make loads of them. “I do make mistakes but I don’t let it worry me because it’s not life or death.” He quipped too when asked whether he’d considered becoming a professional golf caddie upon refereeing retirement: “I’d have to get divorced first because my missus hates me doing it as it’s on a women’s tour. I don’t know why! “As it stands I’m just so chuffed to be doing what I’ve been doing (as a football official) for the last 30 years.” https://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk...ge-fright---local-officials-face-progression/
I was working out in the basement today, riding the bike, and I was watching the first Merseyside Derby of the 06/07 Season, which may be the last Everton has won. Anyway, Graham Poll is the referee, and if VAR existed back then Liverpool would have had two VAR penalties in the first 20 minutes! First, Robbie Fowler was waved up by Poll even though he had been tripped, and then Yobo holds Sami Hyypia on a corner and tops that off by shoving him just as the ball reaches him. Other than that, it was a fun watch.
Premier League referees keeping fit at home --- Premier League referees have been set a weekly training schedule which they must complete at home with their performances being monitored from afar by the PGMOL. Sports scientists are tracking their data after telling officials, such as Mike Dean, Michael Oliver and Martin Atkinson, to wear heart-rate monitors during exercise. Each is expected to have to pass a fitness test before being assigned a game once the suspension on the Premier League season is lifted. Once a date is set for the 2019-20 campaign's restart, and when the UK Government allows, officials will meet for a crash course reminder in VAR. In the meantime, the PGMOL have been staying in touch with their members using weekly video conference calls via Zoom, the app being used by many companies during lockdown. Managing director Mike Riley was self-isolating this month after a business trip to Kuala Lumpur. After dominating headlines all season, VAR has fallen under the radar amid the coronavirus crisis. Talks have been ongoing regarding changes to the technology ahead of 2020-21, including whether more leniency should be given to attackers in offside situations. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/s...referees-having-fit-checks-home-pandemic.html
The seasons of all leagues below Tier VI in England have been declared null and void. No announcement what will happen vis-à-vis referee promotions / demotions.
And a few teams that thus lose out on what looked to be a sure promotion has said that they'll challenge it in court. I'm surprised that there is nothing in the FA regulations (all FA's tbh) about how to treat situations like this.
Are you ********ing kidding me!? There is no regulations in any walk of life to deal with something like this! You want companies and organizations to waste time and money drafting protocol for doomsday scenarios in their by-laws? Why don't they put a clause in there about who gets awarded the title if an asteroid hits the planet or if a nuclear Holocaust occurs?
good rant! force majeure covers a lot of these types of things, but different locales (including England) quantify them differently. In my isolation, I have decided to become a lawyer!!
While I somewhat agree with you, I do feel that leagues should have something in their by-laws about a suspended or canceled season. Whether that be for a natural disaster, a war, or something else like a national tragedy. Seems logical that the writers would think that there’s a possibility of something happening that would stop a season. It doesn’t have to be catered to specific examples, but general guidelines would have been smart to add.