The Referee Thread

[Kenneth]

Yes

[Kenneth]

I do feel sorry for him. He's entitled to think klopp is a cunt, from his perspective it's pretty understandable. Refs probably think the same about many people they come across.

He looks uncomfortable in the video, he's clearly out of it, and looks like a bullied kid and he's been targeted by the releasing of it now. I also don't agree with that idea that he can't ref in the PL again because he doesn't deserve that level of punishment. Is his role as an independent arbiter untenable? Of our games in the near term, yes, I guess it is, but I don't see why he shouldn't ref other games after a bit of a suspension, and back to full time next year. I suspect he's shot though.

[Mark79]

Yes

No

Klopp is no worse than Guardiola or Tuchel, for example.

[Kenneth]

"Any other manager..?"

[chadrtc]

https://x.com/francoisplateau/status...12195224572232



François Plateau
@francoisplateau
Staggering reports suggest that PGMOL was made aware of a video circulating of David Coote shortly after it was recorded. Coote was allegedly removed from officiating Liverpool matches in the Premier League but later resumed duties in a lesser capacity as a video assistant and fourth official. He was eventually reinstated as a referee for Liverpool in the Premier League, having not officiated a Liverpool match in the league for about four years until he took charge of a game against Brighton at Anfield in March of this year.

[Mark79]

Can mean as in 'any other you care to name'.

[Cerbie]

François Plateau

Staggering reports suggest that PGMOL was made aware of a video circulating of David Coote shortly after it was recorded. Coote was allegedly removed from officiating Liverpool matches in the Premier League but later resumed duties in a lesser capacity as a video assistant and fourth official. He was eventually reinstated as a referee for Liverpool in the Premier League, having not officiated a Liverpool match in the league for about four years until he took charge of a game against Brighton at Anfield in March of this year.

hmmm, if that's true, I wonder if the club were informed at the time?

[Mark79]

[ame]https://twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1329205998989565952[/ame]

[rudedog]

Reading the comments, it looks like that was the game after Pickfords GBH on Virg though (that Coote did hee haw about)

[chadrtc]

He seems to have been removed from our games 4 weeks after the shocking performance in the Merseyside derby; where VVD was injured and we had the winner chalked off in suspicious circumstances. Did the video surface to them in that window?

[Sus]

It references social distancing so I think so

[Irishnev]

https://x.com/francoisplateau/status...12195224572232



François Plateau
@francoisplateau
Staggering reports suggest that PGMOL was made aware of a video circulating of David Coote shortly after it was recorded. Coote was allegedly removed from officiating Liverpool matches in the Premier League but later resumed duties in a lesser capacity as a video assistant and fourth official. He was eventually reinstated as a referee for Liverpool in the Premier League, having not officiated a Liverpool match in the league for about four years until he took charge of a game against Brighton at Anfield in March of this year.

This guy isn’t real, it’s just spoof and better to ignore

[Norbs]

There's been 21 teams in the league for years, and one of those always conspires to peg us back. How we have done in spite of this is incredible

[Exiled_red]

"Any other manager..?"

Ok poor wording on my part, What I was meaning is he IMO wasn't the worst manager in terms of behaviour towards officials, obviously the managers whose sides are either battling for trophies or to avoid relegation are probably the worst to deal with as decisions have more impact. Klopp was vocal in his criticism of officials in press conferences. I don't think he got into any more altercations with officials during the game or after the game than other managers. His record of bookings and touchline bans would surely be an indicator of this which IIRC did not seem much worse than any other manager in the PL at the same time.

[Angryred]

We should sue PGMOL for their profligacy in handling David Cootes over the last few years since he's been a referee for them.