I don't think he is the worst. I would just throw his name in a bucket with pretty much every other referee in this country. Including VAR referees. What strikes me is the level of ever changing rules. One referee can be "soft" one week, the same referee can be very "though" the other. There is no solid ground.
Michael Oliver
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This is where Oliver is the top guy. He is incredibly unpredictable. Mike Dean is also unpredictable and weird but I usually just get the feeling that he is too spontaneous, it never seems all that calculated. With Oliver, I'm sure he knows the rules off the top of his brain too well, almost as if he would make a decision based on if he can get away with doing or not doing something, with a decent explanation/excuse for his action. The next week he might use the counter argument others had to his previous decision to explain this one. It just goes on like that it seems.
This guy screws us from the VAR room the stupid prefect looking cnut.
Impressive to miss two penalties in one go.
Absolutely atrocious ref.
Absolutely atrocious ref.
Most overrated official ever.
He's a cheat. That's not up for discussion when it comes to united. Years and years of it from him.
This fecking guy. Feckin hell 
Gone full Mike Dean.
Disgusting
Maguire fouls Pickford. Pickford fouls Maguire. Then Maguire fouls Digne. None are called
Rashford's been pretty sloppy
I see the refs are interpreting the rules as they see fit again
first 2 correct Maguire got the slightest touch on the ball first, bad tackle from him because he nearly missed the ball and gifted them a pen
How was the first one correct?
He definatley reminded the teacher that they'd given homework and it was due to be handed in.
because there is a clear push from Maguire as Pickford is jumping, its not much but it doesn't have to be especially on a keeper
VAR cant check for that. It wasnt a goal?
it checks the entire passage of play it was in the same incident, VAR didn't give anything but the first foul was by Maguire
But they dont? Its only if its onside or not?
I swear I read VAR cant overturn non pen or non yellow challenges.
And the ref didnt give the shove so how can VAR deem it a foul without involving the ref?
Couldn't stop us today, the twat.
Biggest cheat in the league. Never gives us anything, so the non award of a stonewall penalty against Pickford was all I expected from that cnut.
He's a smarmy pencil necked cnut who thrives off swinging his tiny pecker around to show the players who's in charge, as he lets the power get to his pea sized brain, driving him clinically insane with every passing match he officiates.
Tried his best to feck us from the VAR office today. Can’t stand him, most people think Mike Dean but this skinny cnut is the worst ref for me.
Agreed!
Game hasn't even started yet and I want to punch his punchable face.
You just know that joke he said to the Sheffield United player who crashed over the advert board was so cringeworthy, the kind of joke that makes you embarrassed for the teller.
Love child of Dean and Atkinson
great advantage tbf
Hasn’t made any clangers yet. And his hair has no notches.
Overall, a successful half for young Michael.
Rare to actually compliment a ref but I was impressed
I genuinely hate him.
Abysmal 45 minutes from him thus far.
Can VAR just referee the rest of the match?
Can VAR just referee the rest of the match?
That foul against Shaw was a disgrace, he finds any excuse to blow against us.
Arrogant cnut will do his best in the second half to feck us over. Watch.
He's fecking useless.
We play against 12 everytime he's ref.
Completely missed Mings smashing Pogba in the face.
Fell for a blatant dive from the Villa winger on the edge of our box.
Blew up early in injury time when we had a corner.
He's horrific
We play against 12 everytime he's ref.
Completely missed Mings smashing Pogba in the face.
Fell for a blatant dive from the Villa winger on the edge of our box.
Blew up early in injury time when we had a corner.
He's horrific
This is probably for the VAR thread, but what I don't understand is that they've checked the Pogba/Mings clash and gone against us. Fine. It's wrong, but fine
But then for the Shaw freekick, they would 100% have checked that to see if it was in the box. If so, why can't they tell the ref it's a blatant dive.
But then for the Shaw freekick, they would 100% have checked that to see if it was in the box. If so, why can't they tell the ref it's a blatant dive.
- Bruno gets pushed on the edge of the box, no foul
- Villa player dives at the edge of the box, gives foul
- Mings deliberately elbows Pogba in the box. Clear as day penalty and red card (fair enough if he didn't see it in real time but wtf is VAR doing?!)
- Adds minimum 2 minutes, blows off at 46:55 when we have a corner
Not to mention all the ridicolous cheap free kicks he gives in their favour but doesn't give when roles are reversed. feck this twat.
- Villa player dives at the edge of the box, gives foul
- Mings deliberately elbows Pogba in the box. Clear as day penalty and red card (fair enough if he didn't see it in real time but wtf is VAR doing?!)
- Adds minimum 2 minutes, blows off at 46:55 when we have a corner
Not to mention all the ridicolous cheap free kicks he gives in their favour but doesn't give when roles are reversed. feck this twat.