Crystal Palace vs. Liverpool match thread

[ASCPFC]

Agree. He doesn’t seem to have much of a personality either so surprising still on tv.

Mike Dean seems more balanced and actually likeable when you watch him on sky

He's there to be a controversialist and wind fans up. This is Sky we're talking about. Not BBC 4.

 

[Jim_Cannon]

He's there to be a controversialist and wind fans up. This is Sky we're talking about. Not BBC 4.

Is he? Dean also works for sky and isn’t like that. He did a lot of big games as a ref so is deemed a subject matter export. He comes across poorly on tv

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Is he? Dean also works for sky and isn’t like that. He did a lot of big games as a ref so is deemed a subject matter export. He comes across poorly on tv

He comes across as someone born to be a referee. He's got that I'm in charge/don't question me attitude.
His excuse about his own accent being hard to understand looked a bit hollow this week when the pundits were Duncan Ferguson and Jamie Carragher.

 

[ASCPFC]

Is he? Dean also works for sky and isn’t like that. He did a lot of big games as a ref so is deemed a subject matter export. He comes across poorly on tv

I just think Sky are giving fans an opportunity to have a ref to argue with. It's the dour ref Vs the jolly footballer isn't it? One wants rules: one wants freedom to play.