I felt for him last night
When the players are determined to be naughty, and they were, there is buck all you can do as a ref.
Perhaps sending the Spurs bucker off for that kick out instead of cautioning him night have helped him but the red card is the nuclear option as if that doesn't work then where have you left to go.
I remember doing a game where I sent six off after two big melees and telling the captains that if their teams kept fighting I was carrying on until we ran out of players
The assessor promoted me on the back of that game.
5 disallowed goals 11 VAR decisions 21 minutes in total added time, no matter what level you ref at how deaf huck do you prepare for that
Mickeys pre match thinking would have been these buckers don't like each other so I best be on guard, but nothing could have prepared him for that
Oliver is a top ref but overall the standard in the PL and Championship is poor
When the players are determined to be naughty, and they were, there is buck all you can do as a ref.
Perhaps sending the Spurs bucker off for that kick out instead of cautioning him night have helped him but the red card is the nuclear option as if that doesn't work then where have you left to go.
I remember doing a game where I sent six off after two big melees and telling the captains that if their teams kept fighting I was carrying on until we ran out of players
The assessor promoted me on the back of that game.
5 disallowed goals 11 VAR decisions 21 minutes in total added time, no matter what level you ref at how deaf huck do you prepare for that
Mickeys pre match thinking would have been these buckers don't like each other so I best be on guard, but nothing could have prepared him for that
Oliver is a top ref but overall the standard in the PL and Championship is poor