What the feck was Pogba doing that was even that fancy? He was keeping the ball in the corner... how is that taking the piss?
Seems petty, but I hope we report him or do something about that... for the betterment of not having Jon Moss ref games if anything else.
Genuine question, do you think Moss would have said that if it was good old Harry Kane down there? Or Phil Foden? And I'm not necessarily saying its a race thing, cos I bet he would have said the same if it was Bruno.
this is the fault of pgmol. it’s an open secret that mike riley detests john moss. he’s tried to force him out of the game for years. moss, a young and mischievous linesman at this stage, once tied riley’s shoelaces together before a big fa cup quarter final match and left a note “did this riley you up? smileyface” since then, riley has been on a one man mission to destroy moss.
moss has approached me many times in tears at what he’s been subjected to. he is very much persona non grata in the referring world. no one likes riley but they feel they have to pally up to the bully to survive, to remain popular. so they kick downwards at moss. moss only continues to referee as it is all he knows. it’s what he promised his dying mum that he would always do and he needs the salary to finish that home for orphans he’s been working on. riley hates orphans. the toll this takes on moss is very real and causes him to stress eat. i’ve seen him eat a live chicken before a match due to nerves and the deliveroo driver being stuck in a queue at kfc.
this is entirely due to the contract pgmol had moss sign. riley still likes soccer am, which gives you a real insight into the kind of man we are dealing with here. he forces moss to copy the showboat reel in front of his orphans, knowing full well that moss has no co-ordination or skill. having the orphans laugh as moss hits the deck face first whilst trying to rabona is designed to humiliate moss. with the game gone, moss simply didn’t want to have to replicate pogba’s flick, so asked him to cut it out.