You can't compare levels though. This is the kind of standard we get in the 5th-6th tier (small Nordic country where it gets cold) so this is familiar.
RDO needs a word - the whites must have previous so the ref is obviously out of his depth.
That said ref makes some good decisions.
But the ref loses the match already in the prematch. You can hear someone say something like "are you new?". The teamsheets are a mess and the officials don't know the protocol it seems. (new in town ref?)
Body language in the coin toss
They are NARs surely. It's cold. But in a match with NARs you can't wear a hoodie. And wear the jacket under the shirt. Need a hat and gloves, make them black and sporty. It was probably zero or less but they looked poor.
When the cards start the ref doesn't seem to write anything down. Later this seems a real problem.
AR1 stitches the ref up with the 7:30 red card. I thought white faked a ball grab and then dived. AR1 must have advised off camera. (IMHO)
17:30 should have been a red card - that was the worst decision that had the most emotional impact I think.
And then oh dear. Hard situation with speccies, coaches etc. But the start of the mass con was poor. Talking to the assistant when he should have been making sure all the players were calm and apart first.
And then the panic, not able to process the advice of AR2 and oh dear.
But at this level you need to be able handle random assistants to get through difficult games. Conversely give this guy two burley 6'4" experienced assistants and it's a different game.