No English or UK refs at world cup..

Can see why.

The officiating so far is far superior than the "i want to be centre of attention" stuff we are used to over here.

Mainly total guessers in the EFL with the "best" making sure the big teams make the headlines for their employers in the premier league.

Only one ref would have gone and it would have been Michael Oliver who is excellent

The reason there isn’t one there has nothing to do with them being no good

Collina has to take great credit for the way he has instructed them to officiate.

Technically there is an English ref at the World Cup.


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I think the standard of officiating has been average at best. The referee in the Peru v Denmark game missed an obvious penalty for Peru but fortunately, VAR saved him on that occasion.

I thought the referee in the Germany v Mexico game missed a clear penalty on Hernandez, where he was through on goal and the German defender put his arm on his shoulder and strangled him to the ground.

Mitrovic should have had a penalty when through on goal as well and Argentina's Cristian Pavon got his back leg taken away when he had beaten the full back inside the penalty area, which should have been another obvious penalty.

Overall, I think the standard of refereeing has only been average at best because VAR has saved some glaring errors being made. The standard would have been shockingly bad so far without VAR saving them. I've noticed 2 black referees really struggling getting several decisions wrong, I assume these are African refs and they're struggling to make the step up from the pace of the African games to the pace of the World Cup.

My main concern is the officials failure to even look at VAR for crucial game changing moments. That isn't the officials fault, the VAR team should be looking at their screens to flag a clear penalty. I think several clear penalties have been missed already with VAR not being looked at. Personally, I would happily allow the game to run an extra 10 minutes longer if it means VAR is used for the correct decisions to be made, as this would mean every game would be fair.

Technically there is an English ref at the World Cup.


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Lucky b*stard

Wait until we start our games next season. You will remember why.

Well the officials didn’t have the best of performances tonight with the challenges on Kane. Sam Warburton would have been happy with them!

Its all part of the politics with fifa/uafa

Ref tonight was awful. Two clear pens on Kane which as I understand should have been picked up by VAR. Should have gone to Spekski Savers.

Can see why.

The officiating so far is far superior than the "i want to be centre of attention" stuff we are used to over here.

Mainly total guessers in the EFL with the "best" making sure the big teams make the headlines for their employers in the premier league.

just no..some has been parks football standard up until tonight where it just fell of the scale all together..and VAR is as random as the refs.

Ref tonight was awful. Two clear pens on Kane which as I understand should have been picked up by VAR. Should have gone to Spekski Savers.

Also the ref in the Belgium game - Shocking .

Only one ref would have gone and it would have been Michael Oliver who is excellent

The reason there isn’t one there has nothing to do with them being no good

I agree - he is young but experienced and never seems whistle happy to me.

Not many english fans either