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Re: Sat 31st Jan - Mon 2nd Feb 2026
By: TheThingFromLewes Date: January 26, 2026, 1:48 pm
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[quote author=Claretman link=topic=7659.msg100806#msg100806
date=1769455112]
[quote author=TheThingFromLewes
link=topic=7659.msg100797#msg100797 date=1769448878]
I shall be at the Amex on Saturday as Mrs Thing is an Everton
fan… and finally get to see Kavanagh in the flesh.
[/quote]
Are you on purple watch again?
[/quote]
1/3 chance methinks..
No doubt those odds will reduce dramatically if bmb makes some
pleading remarks on here!
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Re: Sat 31st Jan - Mon 2nd Feb 2026
By: bmb Date: January 27, 2026, 6:12 am
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[quote author=TheThingFromLewes
link=topic=7659.msg100814#msg100814 date=1769456917]
[quote author=Claretman link=topic=7659.msg100806#msg100806
date=1769455112]
[quote author=TheThingFromLewes
link=topic=7659.msg100797#msg100797 date=1769448878]
I shall be at the Amex on Saturday as Mrs Thing is an Everton
fan… and finally get to see Kavanagh in the flesh.
[/quote]
Are you on purple watch again?
[/quote]
1/3 chance methinks..
No doubt those odds will reduce dramatically if bmb makes some
pleading remarks on here!
[/quote]
I have submitted a written plea on your behalf TTFL. I said
given the success of the lush purple last weekend you are
desperate to see it on show in your game again this coming
weekend. That was what you wanted me to request wasn't it?
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Re: Sat 31st Jan - Mon 2nd Feb 2026
By: TheThingFromLewes Date: January 27, 2026, 6:32 am
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[quote author=bmb link=topic=7659.msg100830#msg100830
date=1769515926]
[quote author=TheThingFromLewes
link=topic=7659.msg100814#msg100814 date=1769456917]
[quote author=Claretman link=topic=7659.msg100806#msg100806
date=1769455112]
[quote author=TheThingFromLewes
link=topic=7659.msg100797#msg100797 date=1769448878]
I shall be at the Amex on Saturday as Mrs Thing is an Everton
fan… and finally get to see Kavanagh in the flesh.
[/quote]
Are you on purple watch again?
[/quote]
1/3 chance methinks..
No doubt those odds will reduce dramatically if bmb makes some
pleading remarks on here!
[/quote]
I have submitted a written plea on your behalf TTFL. I said
given the success of the lush purple last weekend you are
desperate to see it on show in your game again this coming
weekend. That was what you wanted me to request wasn't it?
[/quote]
Can we put the moderators on moderated posts please?
😂😂😂😂
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Re: Sat 31st Jan - Mon 2nd Feb 2026
By: ls1889 Date: January 27, 2026, 7:15 am
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Leeds United AFC (First Team) v Arsenal (First Team)
Premier League
Referee: Attwell, Stuart
Assistant Referee: Hatzidakis, Constantine
Assistant Referee: Taylor, Craig
Fourth Official: Ward, Gavin
Video Assistant Referee: Gillett, Jarred
Additional Video Assistant Referee: Meredith, Steven
Mr Attwell has a weekend off the VAR screens for a change!
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Re: Sat 31st Jan - Mon 2nd Feb 2026
By: ShoeRef Date: January 27, 2026, 8:34 am
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[quote author=TA_Ref link=topic=7659.msg100770#msg100770
date=1769443775]
Great games for Hooper and Jones. Salisbury with another
opportunity to impress at Forest and Robinson makes a return to
the middle after what seems like a very long absence from the
premier league.
Once again, I will bring up Michael Oliver’s appointments this
time. It just seems silly to appoint him Saturday, and with the
PGMO knowing he has a champions league appointment, then give
him another Saturday game. Just seems poor man management to me.
[/quote]
Whoever is in charge of the appointments can't seem to do right
for doing wrong on here.
If he was given a big Super Sunday fixture people would also
bemoan that so soon after a CL game.
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Re: Sat 31st Jan - Mon 2nd Feb 2026
By: TA_Ref Date: January 28, 2026, 9:25 am
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[quote author=ShoeRef link=topic=7659.msg100836#msg100836
date=1769524480]
[quote author=TA_Ref link=topic=7659.msg100770#msg100770
date=1769443775]
Great games for Hooper and Jones. Salisbury with another
opportunity to impress at Forest and Robinson makes a return to
the middle after what seems like a very long absence from the
premier league.
Once again, I will bring up Michael Oliver’s appointments this
time. It just seems silly to appoint him Saturday, and with the
PGMO knowing he has a champions league appointment, then give
him another Saturday game. Just seems poor man management to me.
[/quote]
Whoever is in charge of the appointments can't seem to do right
for doing wrong on here.
If he was given a big Super Sunday fixture people would also
bemoan that so soon after a CL game.
[/quote]
It’s not that the appointment officers always do right or wrong.
It’s to do with protecting our match officials so that they’re
doing their job at the highest level they can be.
In my honest opinion I don’t think it’s the smarter option to
give Michael Oliver a game last Saturday, have an appointment in
the Champions League on Wednesday and have another Saturday
game. I actually wouldn’t have had an issue if he had a Sunday
game. That’s my opinion, I’m not bemoaning the appointing
officers but I just think we could be smarter in protecting our
officials so that the risk of injury or dropping standards are
at a minimum.
Look at Chris Kavanagh in the New Year period. He was given a
game at Liverpool on New Years Day then had to drive down to
Bournemouth presumably the day after to referee Bournemouth v
Arsenal on 3rd January. I don’t believe it to be smart
appointing and it’s when we do things like this which in my
opinion could be difficult for referees to manage. But I won’t
ever be critical of the referees themselves because I don’t
believe that to be right.
As some have stated, maybe Michael Oliver just wants to keep
refereeing as much as he possibly can and if he wants to do it
that way then I’ll respect that choice. At the end of the day,
it’s his career and not mine and to be honest, he’s earned the
right to do what he wants and I have my right to express my
opinion on here.
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Re: Sat 31st Jan - Mon 2nd Feb 2026
By: Irishref1985 Date: January 28, 2026, 10:24 am
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Jesus the way people go on you'd be forgiving for thinking that
this wasn't there job.. We all have jobs where we are work five
days a week or drive etc.
Professional referees are the same.
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Re: Sat 31st Jan - Mon 2nd Feb 2026
By: Acme Thunderer Date: January 29, 2026, 4:00 am
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Yes, I agree that Michael Oliver (and others) should not
necessarily be 'rested' before CL games. If they and the
powers-that-be are happy for them to have two or more games in a
week, then so be it, and if an injury arises, then again, so be
it, a hazard of the profession. Yes, there have been some
strange appointments involving unnecessary travel, and
Harrington this month who comes to mind. But no, I can't agree
that 'that's their job'. It is a highly public job at PL level,
as Hallam found out last weekend, with every decision and
mistake subject to the closest scrutiny, and I can't think of
many other professions where that happens.
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Re: Sat 31st Jan - Mon 2nd Feb 2026
By: TheThingFromLewes Date: January 29, 2026, 10:29 am
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[quote author=Claretman link=topic=7659.msg100806#msg100806
date=1769455112]
[quote author=TheThingFromLewes
link=topic=7659.msg100797#msg100797 date=1769448878]
I shall be at the Amex on Saturday as Mrs Thing is an Everton
fan… and finally get to see Kavanagh in the flesh.
[/quote]
Are you on purple watch again?
[/quote]
Looks like it!
I bet it’s all been privately arranged behind closed doors as
I’m going!
😂😂
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Re: Sat 31st Jan - Mon 2nd Feb 2026
By: sunnycrofter Date: January 29, 2026, 4:09 pm
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[quote author=TA_Ref link=topic=7659.msg100770#msg100770
date=1769443775]
Once again, I will bring up Michael Oliver’s appointments this
time. It just seems silly to appoint him Saturday, and with the
PGMO knowing he has a champions league appointment, then give
him another Saturday game. Just seems poor man management to me.
[/quote]
Perhaps Taylor, Kavanagh and Oliver have been given Saturday
fixtures because they fly out to Limassol for an UEFA elite
course taking place 2-5 February?
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