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Simon Hooper Man Utd v Arsenal
DIR By: Pm2
Date: August 17, 2025, 11:16 am
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Good job so far.
Could have given a couple yellows early but just a warning which
I was happy with
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Re: Simon Hooper Man Utd v Arsenal
DIR By: gooner
Date: August 17, 2025, 11:23 am
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hi,
applying the laws consistently - well done
regards,
gnr
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Re: Simon Hooper Man Utd v Arsenal
DIR By: dave26
Date: August 17, 2025, 11:23 am
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I agree , Hooper at his best so far he’s let the game flow and
been consistent
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Re: Simon Hooper Man Utd v Arsenal
DIR By: dave26
Date: August 17, 2025, 12:28 pm
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For me it was a masterclass by Hooper and his team let the game
flow carded when he needed to kept a lid on it and was always in
control from the first whistle to the last
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Re: Simon Hooper Man Utd v Arsenal
DIR By: Mikael W
Date: August 17, 2025, 12:30 pm
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Good performance by Hooper in what was a big game for him.
In the first half, he was quite (even, too?) lenient with some
potentially reckless fouls, but he managed them in a consistent
and understandable way.
It seemed he tired little a bit in the second half, as he missed
a small handful of clear fouls (and booking for Maguire at 81'),
but nothing too major.
He was in full control of procedings for the duration of the
game.
Overall, I think Hooper is a much stronger referee than a number
of FIFA officials in the Premier League and his aim for this
season (despite Elleray's well-known pov about giving it to
non-FIFAs) should be the FA Cup final appointment - an acolade
he would much deserve in my view.
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Re: Simon Hooper Man Utd v Arsenal
DIR By: Pm2
Date: August 17, 2025, 12:38 pm
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Agree Mikael.
A cup final should be his target and start of season prediction
would be for him to get carabao final.
Excellent job done in what was a big game today
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Re: Simon Hooper Man Utd v Arsenal
DIR By: EIREREF86
Date: August 17, 2025, 1:04 pm
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Agree excellent start to the season for Hooper well managed
throughout which contributed to a enjoyable game for the
neutral.
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Re: Simon Hooper Man Utd v Arsenal
DIR By: Arbitre anglais
Date: August 17, 2025, 6:27 pm
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--- Quote from: Mikael W link ---
>
>
> Overall, I think Hooper is a much stronger referee than a
number of FIFA officials in the Premier League and his aim for
this season (despite Elleray's well-known pov about giving it to
non-FIFAs) should be the FA Cup final appointment - an acolade
he would much deserve in my view.
>
--- End Quote ---
Elleray said this, yet as FA Chair appointed a number of
non-FIFA refs the Cup final, such as Moss, Foy and Wiley. Always
a bit hypocritical, as Elleray himself was more than happy to be
given big games as non-FIFA, such as FA Cup semis and a league
cup final, in which he failed to give Birmingham a blatant KMI
penalty …
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Re: Simon Hooper Man Utd v Arsenal
DIR By: Irishref1985
Date: August 18, 2025, 5:14 am
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Misses a penalty for Manchester United for me and should be
picked up by VAR.
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Re: Simon Hooper Man Utd v Arsenal
DIR By: Blind Referee
Date: August 18, 2025, 5:21 am
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Outstanding performance from probably the most underrated
referee on SG1 - decision making was consistent and of the
highest order, was busy without being over bearing and pitched
his involvement level perfectly - made a potentially tricky
opening game look a breeze - very well done indeed - shows you
don’t need to be 6ft tall, have a single digit body fat and be
able to run a marathon in under 3 hours to be a top class
referee
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