So Anthony Taylor gets demoted for a Championship game last weekend after a big error in the PL the week before, makes another mistake in a Championship game, and now is given a huge game back in the PL this weekend.
I really don’t understand how this makes sense at all.
If he was eased back into the PL after at least a month, it would be understandable.
To be clear, though he has made so many mistakes, I’m not saying that he has to lose his job or referee the championship for the remainder of his career. But surely bringing him back so soon is a mistake?
Especially in a match where Chelsea is playing - he’s known for making terrible decisions against them for years, and now the PL throws him back into a game of such magnitude?
It doesn’t make sense for the PL and Anthony Taylor. I’m sure that he will feel the pressure come Sunday.
I mean no teams should get special treatment.
By your logic, he should ref a game like wolves vs fulham but why do they deserve a lower quality of officiating than others.
The game should have been picked by random, and i hope it was. This IS him being eased back into the prem, a game as important as any other.
That is an excellent point. Well said. Made me check my attitude about what games are “more important” than others. Of course no games are any more/less important than others.
I see what you’re saying but the reality is that some fixtures genuinely are bigger and more important.
You’re allowed to dislike that but it’s still true.
A referee with such a controversial history simply shouldn’t be in charge for this game because then it adds more fuel to the fire as far as corruption and incompetence goes.
If he makes a bad call or a dubious decision that impacts the game that’s all anyone will talk about
This is not him being eased back into it, being eased back into it would be a cup game in a few weeks time, not immediately back into a huge fixture
If anything, a cup game is much more important than a league game, since the result of poor officiating could eject a team from the entire competition.
If he is deemed fit to ref Luton vs Wolves, then he’s fit to ref city vs chelsea. This whole attitude of “I’m more important so I deserve the good refs” is disgusting.
I could understand if it’s a derby or a fixture with real history, but the only thing to note about this game is how much money these clubs have. They’re not even competing in the same echelons of the table
But ensuring Taylor doesn’t ref a Chelsea game is ensuring no-one gets special treatment.
As whoever is playing against Chelsea that day is bound to get it.