PGMO match official. Always the man in the middle. Happy to discuss games and incidents with anyone willing to engage, educate and respect.
Joined January 2022
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17 Jan 2022
As referees, all we can control is our own preparation.
Ensure you are fit and mobile enough to move around the pitch and give yourself the best possible opportunity to make the correct decision.
Keep up to date with the LOTG and listen to those who offer advice ⚽️🏟
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Jun 11
Shall we breakdown the THREE red cards in the opening game of the World Cup? Willie Sampaio
1) DOGSO. Fulfils the criteria, outside the area, simple?
2) Violent Conduct? I’m not sure. Excessive force or brutality? Not for me.
3) DOGSO. Purely tactical free kick…
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One that many fans hate seeing happen against them. The next pass, is possibly a pass across the area. However, does it fulfil the criteria? Not in my opinion.
Don’t moan about officials in the premier league when this is Brazils best.
Refereed France England in Qatar 22.
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Jun 11
Little conversation over the past 24 hours regarding the need for referees. This simply, is no longer the case. Whilst your local grassroots league, may have games going uncovered. Those in the pyramid don’t. They are fully covered, every single weekend.
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Jun 11
There is a distinct lack of MOs in the system who are at an age where they can reach FIFA/UEFA. The FA and PGMO see this as a problem. The quality must improve. They are trying to rectify this with a number of development groups. The two most recent ones…
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The national performance centre and elite group, are looking to counteract this and give development opportunities to MOs, outside of the usual pathways. This is to, apparently, improve standards, but also, to create a pathway so the FA and PGMO can hit their targets.
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Jun 10
The FA are no longer providing kit to match officials at steps 2-6.
New kit can cost a referee £100. Quite steep and for some, 2/3 match fees & they have put up registration fees.
Too many mates being given roles within the organisation who have no strategic leadership skills.
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Here we go!
Let’s kick things off with an easy one! Why aren’t there more foreign officials in the Premier League?
There are a number of reasons why this is the case. I’ll try to add a few…
1) only a limited number of full time positions in the PL.
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7) They aren’t always better! English teams have competed very well for a long time and therefore we haven’t seen MO or AT in the latter stages of the competitions. We rarely see much of what happens abroad, but I promise you, fans aren’t as happy as you probably are!
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8) Brexit! I’m sure it’s an issue.
I have hopefully covered a lot of the reasons why an official may not just come over here. This is my understanding of it all and you’ll have your own opinions.
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Big thanks to everyone who posed some random questions and thoughts to me earlier this week.
I’ll peel back the curtain on a few hot topics which include…
Bias
Soft fouls
Journey/Travel
Foreign officials
Quality over quantity
Holding/restarts and similar
Plus much more!
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Here we are, 1st June! The one month of the year when the FA, for whatever reasons, don’t allow football! I’ve had a weird idea to peel back the curtain on some of the things that I see in the game, and ways it can be improved.
Is there anything you want to see or talk about?
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May 30
Most exciting thing to happen on that half was the referee blowing for half time as Saka delayed taking a corner.
Is he playing bingo?
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May 30
This is a pen right?
May 29
▶️ Click below to watch the latest Scottish Football VAR Review show, which includes several incidents, including Benjamin Nygren's penalty appeal for Celtic against Hibernian ⤵️
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Pen or no pen?
May 29
▶️ Here's what happened when VAR checked if Hearts should have been awarded a penalty against Motherwell.
At 6pm on @SkyFootball watch Scottish Football VAR Review to hear what the SFA's head of refereeing Willie Collum made of it 📺
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May 21
Most people notice it’s your first Sunday league game within 25 seconds.
May 21
Settle an office debate. Say fitness wasn’t an issue, would you back yourself to referee the Champions League final and have no one notice that you’re not an actual professional ref?
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May 18
I’m generally what to support officials or look to justify and explain some reasoning or logic as to why a decision may have been given
This past week has been some dark days for VAR and has set the whole system back, quite a few years.
Fans never forget.
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May 18
How is this not a red card? What is the justification?
"I don't think that's right..."
Gary Neville REACTS to Kai Havertz's challenge on Ugochukwu's calf.
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