The Ref Stop

Mex v Eng

The Ref Stop
Regarding the Referee, I thought the most important consideration was that his personality suited the occasion. Nothing else really mattered
The England team did themselves proud. Unrecognizable to the Sir Southgate's tenue. They would've fallen apart under his watch
I don't like having a German manager, but an exception may be needed if they remain exceptional

The ignorance of dissent, crowding the referee and general stupidity at PK's is lamentable. What chance does our National FA have in terms of us managing all this nonsense when it's absolutely rife on TV. The games have been enjoyable, but dealing with this misbehaviour would not have spoilt things for the TV market. Instead, the never ending childish culture is well and truly preserved and always will be
 
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RefereeX said:
At the minute, by far the best refereeing performances have come from the English and French officials, but there's a fair chance that their respective country's performance will prevent their involvement in the late stages.
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As an Englishman, I'm praying that neither Oliver, Taylor or Turpin are "eligible" for the final. :D
 
RefereeX said:
In all the excitement, I also completely forgot about the lesser spotted IDFK for double touch on a restart after one of Mexico's kick offs! Bizarre one.
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I did spot that(commentators certainly didn't) and as the video above shows the Mexican player just kicked off with the ball at this feet yet your post seem to imply the ref was wrong to blow and give the free kick to England?
 
I only watched the highlights, had a meeting this morning that was way too important to risk it with disrupted sleep, but the red card and penalty look nailed on. I know there's an argument the penalty wasn't a clear and obvious error, but I suspect VAR said did you see him kick his foot. Once the referee says no there's an argument to say it isn't re-refereeing as he didn't actually see the offence.

Looks like the referee did well overall, but at the end of the day he got two KMIs wrong and, unless they have changed how it works, that means the maximum mark he can get is 7.5. That's a go home immediately mark, not progress to the quarter finals, but I guess anything is possible at this World Cup.
 
RustyRef said:
Looks like the referee did well overall, but at the end of the day he got two KMIs wrong and, unless they have changed how it works, that means the maximum mark he can get is 7.5. That's a go home immediately mark, not progress to the quarter finals, but I guess anything is possible at this World Cup.
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I remember you said similar about Clement Turpin after the opening game of Euro 2024 yet he still went on to do another group stage game and a knock out game. I appreciate that was UEFA and this is FIFA though.
 
LothianRef said:
I remember you said similar about Clement Turpin after the opening game of Euro 2024 yet he still went on to do another group stage game and a knock out game. I appreciate that was UEFA and this is FIFA though.
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Fair point, and as I said they might have changed it. But referees' marks shouldn't be protected by VAR bailing them out, otherwise they will be getting rewarded for other people's work and that can't be right. Without VAR this referee would have made two incorrect KMDs, granted one of them a lot more obvious than the other.
 
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