Quote Originally Posted by Ronners View Post
I didn't think he spoilt it grist, I just thought that whatever he did that someone would think he was wrong. It wouldn't have even mattered that he was abiding by the laws of the game, more than a few people would have thought he was wrong, which is exactly , in my opinion, how Howard Webb is viewed.
I thought webby had a great game in his world cup final, in a match that I viewed as unrefereeable, just like the colombia game.
Do referees keep sending players off to the point where the game gets abandoned as there aren't enough on the pitch? Because if that happened at a world cup game then I'm pretty sure who will get blamed for it........the ref.
The ref is there to see that the rules of the game are adhered to and punish players for breaking those rules. I'm not being funny here but the ref should have no interest in how the game turns out even if its down to 5 v 5 that should not be his concern and if you are saying that it is we may as well play goalie when needed and throw the rule book out of the window. He was utter ****e and should not ref another game in the comp.

Also that ***cing idiot running VAR should only tel the ref he might want to look at the footage and not give his opinion on what the punishment should be as that should always be down to the man on the pitch, any ref worth his salt would have done that but this ref bottled it and let someone else take the responsibility for that decision.