I know they're all a bunch of James Blunts but this bloke is a massive one... http://m.stokesentinel.co.uk/stoke-...xt-big-thing/story-30263375-detail/story.html
He's a genuine idiot amongst bellends. Never seen him ref a game without him doing something stupid or ****. The Swansea away match he denied us a clear pen amongst other stuff - which were also stupid or ****. We're told that we have the best referees in the world.
Watched the Sheffield Wed v Newcastle game last weekend which Atwell refereed. The Newcastle fans were not impressed with his performance. I rated his performance average. They were even less impressed by Diame who had a poor match and must have been at the bottom of their player performance rankings.
I maybe wrong, but I cannot see Diame getting a look in next season if Newcastle do go up. Probably missed a chance this season of playing EPL football with us and could be off loaded to a Championship side next season.
He's from Warwickshire and went to Staffordshire Uni, so that makes sense to appoint him then. Far too many refs get appointed too close to home imo.
If you think the ref's are bad in the EPL, I watch the Malaga v Barca game and the reffing was awful.
I only mentioned it because Diame said himself he only wants to play EPL football, but I am sure you are right he was just chasing the moment.
The absolute worst referee going. Saying that, Moss is bad and he had a decent game on Saturday against Man City.