The only route he needs is the one to the Job Centre. He's entitled to his opinion and many may share it but risking it being put out there is idiotic in the extreme. Has he not worked out that they wont employ someone who they could no longer allocate to a Liverpool game.
We are at no 1 at the moment, no 2 tomorrow
What difference does it make if it was offside? It was a sending off whatever the situation.
These refs get 1500 quid a game, it’s not a lot when you consider the money that a floating around
EPL refs have a base salary between £73k and £141k. They then get the match fee you refer to plus fees for being VAR or 4th official.
Plus expenses, plus food night before and day of game… accommodation etc. It’s not a bad gig at all.
It was a reckless challenge, but the ball was already dead, so no penalty. Had it not been Liverpool's best player and had he not done his cruciate, that would have been the end of it. No Liverpool players were in the ref's face demanding a red on the pitch that day, they were hoping for a VAR onside call that would allow a penalty. The furore started after the seriousness of the injury became apparent and the media's army of former Liverpool players realised that their title chances had been badly affected and that a grievance could be pushed.
For all the vitriol and threats they get, I would say it's not a great deal.
If it's true about the Liverpool players being restrained in their reaction then credit to them. Again it's irrelevant what happened afterwards or anything else about media people, that's nonsense. It wasn't just a reckless challenge, it was awful, worse than the O Reilly one imo, which in my book was definitely a red. I personally couldn't care less about Liverpool winning or losing a title, it was simply a red card all the way.
That is crazy, to put it in context in the NFL the starting ref gets $204,000 a year for 18 games. The PL should really ask itself where they choose to invest. I double checked- they make £70k a year including retainer, or about half. If they want the best, like with the players, perhaps they should pay more? Of course £70k is not a bad salary, but they are at the top of the pyramid and put up with far more sh@t than most of us…
They make between 70k and 200k a year. The 1k per match is on top of that so they can earn (if they do a game and then var /4th official per weekend) c120k to 240k per year as well as expenses (and free food which don't forget they complain about)
It was an awful challenge, but if the ball is dead, my understanding is the ref can't give a red unless it's violent contact, which would be impossible to prove, even though most of us have our doubts Pickford didn't know what he was doing.
