These days, our most senior referee is Mike Dean. Michael Oliver is probably the league best (he cant referee Newcastle games so Ive never had any personal vendetta against him), but has been for the past few years and hasnt really developed as hoped FC 24 Coins. Bobby Madley was one of the better ones before being banned in controversial circumstances for a Snapchat post. Were running out of good refs, and we used to be the hub for them.

Referees may have a slight inherent bias, either to clubs or players. Well never truly know. Certain players have more of a reputation for diving – if Raheem Sterling goes down, we suspect a dive, but if it Kevin De Bruyne, we suspect a foul. Even watching the game, my first reaction to the Murphy foul was to lambast him for not getting the ball across.

I would have had the same reaction for Longstaff or Almiron. Had it instead been Fraser, Trippier, Targett, or Bruno (ie players I like), I would have been more sympathetic. Still, discussion of referees shouldnt dominate the aftermath of the weekend football, but it inevitably does, and the longer it does the stranger it is that MMOexp FIFA refuses to acknowledge it.

Right now, Mike Riley is in charge of England officials, and he was unpopular even for a referee in his own days on the field, which doesnt bode well. It clear referees get sickening amounts of abuse, will always be told they made the wrong call no matter what, and are vastly underpaid compared to the men they share a field with.

There are deeper issues here, but it hard to support the referees when they constantly hide behind complex and confusing rules they had a hand in writing (was Murphy foul not clear and obvious EA FC 24 Coins for sale? What of Diaz?) and neither Riley nor anyone else from the organisation fronts up and discusses matters the way players and managers do. It seems a little rich that Thomas Tuchel has to answer for the invasion of Ukraine when a referee isnt even expected to answer for a penalty decision.