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[Football] Looks like the Ruskies have taken umbrage to British refs
- Thread starter Taybha
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nicko31
Well-known member
Do we really care, International football is side show these days
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I thought that had already been decided, previously.
Psychobilly freakout
HellBilly
Along with the two finalists and final result.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Putin is in charge of the VAR anyway.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Quite probably.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
The World Cup can hardly be described as a "sideshow" now can it.
On the subject in hand, FIFA make no secret of the fact that they utterly despise us, so its no great surprise. Although as one of the few countries who have been dabbling with VARS at a high level, you'd have thought they'd want as many officials as possible at their tournament with experience of using it. Oh well.
bluenitsuj
Listen to me!!!
Slow news day?
Arthur
Well-known member
Bit of a misleading thread title. The Ruskies haven't chosen a British ref because there wasn't one on Fifa's list for selection would be more accurate.
A clear example of how interwoven sporting establishments and politics really are.
GOM
living vicariously
Wasn't Clattenburg on the shortlist ?
Frankie
Put him in the curry
Frankie
Put him in the curry
I daresay fifa were instructed to ban British refs by the same person that told them to award the world cup to them in the first place .
TheJasperCo
Well-known member
Even Webb was nothing special, at least not on the level of Collina (then to be perfectly honest, I cannot think of any comparable officials in the modern game).
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
I thought Webb was decent. You don't get to ref a World Cup Final without having something about you.
I read his book recently, and he gives massive, massive credit to one of the assistants in his team (Mike something, I think). He speaks well of the other one too, but one of them really was his right hand man in helping him with making decisions, and was apparently nearly always spot on with them, he trusted him implicitly to call it right on the offsides, and the cards if he needed help on deciding on a yellow or red.
On the flip side, it was interesting how his Euro 2008 tournament (I think) ended in the group stage, when one of his assistants failed to flag for an offside that resulted in a winning goal for someone. They knew when they saw the replays after the game, and had the post-match debrief with the assessors that their tournament was over, and the lino who made the duff call was in bits over it. Sure enough, his team were omitted from the retained list for the knockouts, and home they went.
Just showed that there are direct consequences for the officials too when they make shit decisions.
TheJasperCo
Well-known member
Yes, Mike Mullarkey and Darren Cann. They were a good team, you're right there.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Mullarkey, thats the one.
Webb was horrified about the 2010 WCF, after he saw it back, when he didn't send De Jong off.
Yellow card ??!
I think VARS would've sorted that one out, to be fair.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
The more I contemplate Putin nobbling the VAR, the more I think there is money to be made betting on Russia.