The Referee Thread

[labourRed]

Not a fan of cancel culture and the wagons will be circled as opposed to investigating but this is of absolutely of no surprise.

[spud_gun]

David Coote? David Cunt more like

[Exiled_red]

BBC saying he's been suspended

[Yozza]

What did he say - just seen it on BBC but no details...

Edit...

Asked by a friend for his opinion of Klopp, the person alleged to be Coote says: “Aside from having a right pop at me when I reffed them against Burnley in lockdown, then he accused me of lying and then just had a right ****ing pop at me. I’ve got no interest at speaking to someone who’s ****ing arrogant. So I do my best not to speak to him … My God, German cunt, **** me.” The derogatory remark about Liverpool refers to the team’s performance in a game at which Coote was the fourth official.

The friend, who appears to be recording the conversation on his phone in a sparsely decorated sitting room, goes on to clarify what he feels to be the takeaway from the conversation: “Long story short: Jürgen Klopp’s a cunt, Liverpool are all ****ing bellends and we hate Scousers.”

[chadrtc]

BBC saying he's been suspended

https://x.com/AnfieldRd96/status/1855970227495809374?

[Mr Pink]

Not a fan of cancel culture and the wagons will be circled as opposed to investigating but this is of absolutely of no surprise.

I’m not a fan of cancel culture in general, but it’s some disgrace if he can remain a referee after that…

I’d like to see a compilation of some of his big calls that were dubious, and against us, in the last few seasons…

[Scratch]

Having seen some of the things that AI can do (I think it was some Gareth Southgate (or was it Sean Dyche?) post match conferences that looked genuine but obviously weren't, based on the things he was saying) then I'm always a little sceptical. But if it is found to be genuine, then I really wouldn't be surprised, it's been pretty obvious for a while that there is some bias at play with him.

[rudedog]

Why would you allow that to be recorded? Career suicide.

[Mark79]

[ame]https://twitter.com/sammcguire90/status/1855999919380644066[/ame]

[Mark79]

We’d already won the title, but a win would have made Liverpool centurions.

Coote, the petty c*unt, wasn’t having that

[ame]https://twitter.com/dubs_lfc/status/1855996139230699564[/ame]

[Buzzo]

[ame]https://twitter.com/_pauljoyce/status/1855995517160784073[/ame]

[danperkins]

We've all been saying for years about him and others, that's an absolute disgrace.

[Irishnev]

I don’t he’s corrupt per se but he’s a biased imbecile who’s clearly let his personal feelings influence his decisions. Oh and what thick **** films himself in his position and what pricks of mates he has for sharing it

[baitman]

Was Coote the Cunt one of the pgmol rat pack that got the dubai gig. Too much corruption.

[Scratch]

In the BBC "live" thread on it, they say this;

Former Premier League referee Mark Halsey (pictured) added: "I was never able to referee Bolton because I lived there. If you lived in Leeds, you weren't going to referee Leeds United."

Yet if you live in Greater Manchester (Altrincham, Trafford), you can still referee matches with teams from with the Greater Manchester region?