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       Pierre Atcho - Iraq vs. Norway
   DIR By: NRUReferee
       Date: June 17, 2026, 6:46 pm
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       As no one else seems to have passed comment - will place views
       here.
       He seemed to police the conduct before the taking of corners
       (even if there was nothing happening with holding at them) with
       the zeal of an early 2010s Six Nations Referee enforcing scrum
       protocols without actually doing anything about it - which led
       to inordinate delays to the restart of play.
       AR on the near side was inconsistent with blocks in the back.
       Two similar incidents led to differing outcomes - free kick as
       opposed to play on for the same exact offence.
       His stance he took up to monitor corners was also weird.
       Reminiscent of the Blackadder episode with the actors coaching
       Prince George - meaning he was extremely static.
       All in all - shouldn’t get a second fixture
       #Post#: 107521--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Pierre Atcho - Iraq vs. Norway
   DIR By: olliebcafc
       Date: June 17, 2026, 7:03 pm
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       I thought he was generally okay - and not helped by 2 poor ARs -
       but as you mention his insistence on delaying every set piece
       was frustrating (Haaland visibly very annoyed at one point).
       His African counterpart Dahane Beida in the Austria-Jordan game
       was much better even though he had 2 on field reviews.
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       Re: Pierre Atcho - Iraq vs. Norway
   DIR By: rustyref
       Date: June 18, 2026, 10:33 am
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       The players were just laughing at him at corners, including the
       two players he had randomly signalled out for holding when they
       weren't actually doing anything.  This is the problem with
       preaching "management techniques" to referees, some will just
       take it too far.  Its like watching a lower level referee before
       a corner who has obviously been told not to stand still, there's
       not standing still and there's bouncing around like Zebedee, the
       advice gets taken too literally.
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