joeydiaz
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Wonder what Joey thinks about this ..
I think it’s fantastic!
Wonder what Joey thinks about this ..
She is absolutely gorgeousFemale referee with a sense of humour. Think it was a charity match, but she is a qualified ref from Brazil.
I saw it reported that she's reffed 1 game in League 2, 2 in League 1 & 4 in the Championship before getting her first game in the PL. Is that the usual rise to the top?Good luck to her!
Fulham v Burnley - 23rd December
I saw it reported that she's reffed 1 game in League 2, 2 in League 1 & 4 in the Championship before getting her first game in the PL. Is that the usual rise to the top?
For some reason I thought refs were like clubs & had to spend a year at each level before getting promoted ... although now I've typed that the cogs are turning & I think there has been talk of an accelerated programme to try & encourage ex-players to ref'/so the best refs have longer at the top.
I mean, let’s not pretend that they’re not desperate to get a lass refereeing in the PL. Of course they are, but if she’s genuinely good enough that’s fine with me. It’s not like the blokes currently doing it are all getting everything right.I saw it reported that she's reffed 1 game in League 2, 2 in League 1 & 4 in the Championship before getting her first game in the PL. Is that the usual rise to the top?
For some reason I thought refs were like clubs & had to spend a year at each level before getting promoted ... although now I've typed that the cogs are turning & I think there has been talk of an accelerated programme to try & encourage ex-players to ref'/so the best refs have longer at the top.
Yea. I saw something on twitter along those lines. Suggested she should do a year in the champo before the premier league gig, which sounds reasonable. I'm not sure about the stats on the black referee being promoted but I think he too may have a low level of mens professional games behind him too.I saw it reported that she's reffed 1 game in League 2, 2 in League 1 & 4 in the Championship before getting her first game in the PL. Is that the usual rise to the top?
For some reason I thought refs were like clubs & had to spend a year at each level before getting promoted ... although now I've typed that the cogs are turning & I think there has been talk of an accelerated programme to try & encourage ex-players to ref'/so the best refs have longer at the top.
They’ll probably feel aggrieved, but the counter argument will be that black and female referees have been aggrieved for a long time too.Yea. I saw something on twitter along those lines. Suggested she should do a year in the champo before the premier league gig, which sounds reasonable. I'm not sure about the stats on the black referee being promoted but I think he too may have a low level of mens professional games behind him too.
Not sure how some of the other more long standing refs in the lower leagues feel about this.
Yes but can she handle the 'antics' in the mens game? I hope she succeeds.It's definitely an accelerated timetable, but she regularly refs in the WSL too.
Which you can question the comparative standards of, but it's a professional League.
It's different people.
Agreed. Though that was neither despite nor because of either what third team she might support or how many breasts she has of course.She was absolutely fine in our game.
That's not accurate. In the last 12 months alone, she refereed 6 Championship games, 10 League One games and 5 League Two games.I saw it reported that she's reffed 1 game in League 2, 2 in League 1 & 4 in the Championship before getting her first game in the PL. Is that the usual rise to the top?
Referees aren't automatically promoted to a higher leagues just because of the number of games they've done.Not sure how some of the other more long standing refs in the lower leagues feel about this.
If she’s good enough , why hasn’t she been given the Liverpool v Man U game?Yea. I saw something on twitter along those lines. Suggested she should do a year in the champo before the premier league gig, which sounds reasonable. I'm not sure about the stats on the black referee being promoted but I think he too may have a low level of mens professional games behind him too.
Not sure how some of the other more long standing refs in the lower leagues feel about this.
When you said "got the laws out" i thought that was a euphemism ?She gave a penalty against me, for handball, in an FA Cup qualifier about 10 years ago. The resulting goal knocked us out.
Sat with her after the game and got the laws out, which stated handball had to be deliberate. I asked her if she thought it was deliberate, she said ‘no but it stopped the cross going in’. I find it hard to see her as any good after that