Refeering is like a decades of near minimum wage work at lower leagues before you get what barely classifies as a middle class income at top level. Even without the abuse, who would want to be a ref? No wonder there is a shortage of refs.
Stats should be put into context. United & Liverpool were average teams when Fergie & Klopp took over so Haag having a better winning record at the start is unremarkable.
But it also means that he’s done a better job than Mourinho, Moyes, Van Gaal, Ole so far. United fans should just calm down & give him time. It’s not like they have Guardiola waiting in the wings to take over.
Personally I feel like these days (Veterans Day as well) are just subtle war propaganda. They send hundreds of young poor kids to their deaths in places like Iraq & wave away their complicity with a day of pointless gestures. But you do you, I’d have no problems wearing it.
What a misleading title by OP, its not really an independent panel but just 5 people hired by EPL where there’s an obvious conflict of interest.
I find it ridiculous how low (relatively speaking, compared to how much everyone else on the pitch and the manger make) they are paid. Apparently its something like 60k base + 2k/match. So they make like 100-120k/year. This is after years of officiating in lower leagues for less than half that salary.
If they are were paid something like 300-400k/year or even more, there would be no need for them to go to UAE and officiate games there. I also suspect it’d attract better referees - after all who wants to spend years referring for what like 30-40k in lower leagues and for a shot at 100-120k/year when they are will into middle age?
It’s not like the EPL can’t afford it. Just increase their salaries and ban them from moonlighting and you remove this conflict of interest.
Because he’s not that bad lol. If you want to see bad, watch Mustafi play.
Usually both players are holding each other. However in this case, it was clearly only Hojlund holding Rodri. Still surprised to see this call as they’re never called, either by ref or VAR.
People overestimate the impact of diet and lifestyle and underestimate genetics & just plain luck when it comes to injuries. Some people just have extremely resilient bodies and some people people bodies just can’t take the stress.
As a software engineer, I’ve seen people who take frequent breaks, maintain good posture, do yoga etc struggle with RSI and others can sit on a chair for 12 hours with almost no breaks and be completely fine.
Headline seems clickbait. They rejected a loan move that would involve them paying a part of his wages. Not sure why they would want to continue to pay his wages beyond January lol.