This is just silly.
Mark Geiger - Referee
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How many British refs got picked for the World Cup?
Don't blame the ref , England's inexperience is getting exposed. They simply stopped playing.
I punched his nephew in the face when we were 10. So his uncle can fack oof.
Blame the ref for what? He's been shit, but he's not penalized england. Far from it
No English refs was due to a technicality, not because of quality reasons. That said anyone doubting the refs credentials due to his nationality are idiots
He's been no worse than many of the players and even coaching staff.
I think it's acceptable though, referees from nations with strong football support and strong league will be more experienced than ones from say USA. Games will probably be much slower in the USA than here. High pressure matches will inevitably bring the worst out of players and the referee would simply not be able to control the game.
Which one?
From what I know from the two Escobars documentary it was a rather random gunning down after a small feud. Do you have any proof/ solid articles to back that up?
Which is why Premier League refs are so awesome.
They will obviously be better than the American ones TBF.
I guess we will never know, considering none of them are in Russia.
That crew from Senegal was better than anything I’ve seen come out of the Premier League.
Hopefully his last game at this level. Stick to your retirement league mate.
Dier's corner was worst thing he missed.
What makes this hard to bear is that the long additional extra time added on by Mark Geiger after 90 was due to them arguing with him and it worked in their favour as they scored deep in that extra time.
This guy and his crew already ref’d the Portugal vs. Morocco and Germany vs. South Korea games at this tournamentHe’s an international-class referee, him being American doesn’t change that. Don’t get me wrong he’s awful, but it’s not his nationality
Clattenburg was the PL representative, because he left the PL there was no time to replace him with another PL ref
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What you moaning about OP, you won didn't you?
England should have player on the counter with this referee...I'll get my coat
Yeah, the point i was making was Colombia was more dangerous at the time because of the feuds between cartels. It was a random gunning down in that it wasn't planned. Cartel men happened to meet him outside a club, and decided to shoot him because he'd cost them big money
At least 2 players could have been sent off, probably more. Horrible refereeing.
Ah, so he's the guy responsible for the biggest mistake of the world cup? And FIFA decided it was fine to use him again after Morocco-Portugal?
Tbh from the little MLS I've seen recently, one thing I noticed is the referees were poor at handling gamesmanship. I don't think today's referee was bad if he was trusted with a ro16 game, just his flaws were exposed today.
In fairness to him Colombias approach was dreadful. And England allowed themselves to be dragged to that level.
No excuse for missing Stones kicking Falcao in the head or not sending off the defender that headbutted Henderson though.
No excuse for missing Stones kicking Falcao in the head or not sending off the defender that headbutted Henderson though.
He didn’t have a great game, but I don’t think anybody would have had one with what went on out there today.
Affirmative action for the Americans?
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That's true but some referees handle these situations better than others. The elite CL referees usually can keep control.
That may be so, but I doubt it would go over well to just use UEFA officials in the World Cup.
To be fair a blind man could have officiated Belgium v. Japan. One of least cynical matches in World Cup history
Maybe just a lack of exposure of the US refs to different kind football. Could try to have them referee a few Copa Libertadores games.
Think this has been a reoccurring theme this whole world cup. The whole VAR and then surrounding the refs. This should have be handled by FIFA. It's disgraceful how some teams have acted around the refs and in games.
I never knew that was how it went down, I thought they’d targeted him. Sad story
I thought he was decent. Handled some difficult moments with dignity.
Really? I thought he was awfull managing the game.
The abuse he allowed himself to get from Colombia when he gave England any sort of decision was ridiculous.
A real throwback to an era I thought was long gone.
I think he was ok. He did get surrounded by the Columbians, but he gave Falcao a yellow for that.. he can hardly send them all off now can he.
I did think he was a bit lenient with us but I'm not complaining.
I did think he was a bit lenient with us but I'm not complaining.
Horrendous performance, that. He lost the game completely.
Part of the problem is that FIFA has choked off any autonomy for the referees. So, even if Geiger wanted to show red or double yellow, he’d be under the threat of being sent home.
Doesn’t excuse his performance or lack thereof. He didn’t set an appropriate tone to the match.
Doesn’t excuse his performance or lack thereof. He didn’t set an appropriate tone to the match.