And he's a w*nker. Glad he's not refereeing in the prem anymore.

Edited by CambridgeEagle (30 Mar 2018 12.15am)

There's a large (ooh, err missuss.) part of me that thinks we have dodged a bullet here. No Clattenfukc as he has turned Pro cnut in Saudi Slavia. Plus no premier 'quality' refereeing...

A view I vehemiently oppose.

In any event the subject is no British refs at the World Cup and NOT Mark Clattenburg.
FIFA are reaching out to all parts of the globe as they are with the extension of the World Cup to 48 teams in future.
I would suspect that if FIFA selected referees on merit alone the majority of the 36 would be from Europe.They have selected across all 6 confederations.

Edited by Willo (30 Mar 2018 9.24am)

I think you are right but I doubt if many/any would be from the Premier league. When you have an unfit ref like Jon Moss on your "elite" list, you know the standard is, at best, average.
By the way I may have agreed with your above comment but will never agree with/understand your total support of him that shall not be named.

Do you think the current crop of Prem refs are generally ok?

The only certainty with the refereeing is that fifa will do their usual and try to keep the host nation in the competition for as long as possible. It's not as if this particular host isn't averse to bit of back scratching anyway. How else did they get the ticket? However, fifa will oblige with a ref from one of the sh1te federations with zero pedigree - Jordanian or some such. He will mysteriously officiate in the opening game and then one inconsequential match between st Helena and the cook islands (couldn't be bothered to look up the qualifiers) before disappearing without a trace. Having been handed the prestige opening match he will duly steer Russia to an unlikely win with such blatant partiality that the world will gasp with the sheer bl00dy flagrancy of it. The only folk who do not make any comment - another mystery - is the panel of highly paid pundits who blandly comment on the implausibility of the 4 highly questionable penalties awarded to the ruskies and commiserate their obviously superior opponents.

At the end of the tournament there will be a meek comment along the lines that the officiating is not what it could be... but the audacious corruption of the opening match will be quietly forgotten.