Mr Puhl is really having a tough time of it at the moment trying to cover the games.
We have 12 NBI res and 4 officially still NBII refs who regularly referee in the NBI. Just having a quick look at the appointments over the past few weeks... This week is Round 13
Missed 1 round: Solymosi Péter (Wk 3 after being in Europe on the Thurs); Erdős József (this weekend); Antal Péter (5)
Missed 2 rounds: Pillók Ádám (1 & 10), Káprály Mihály (2; 10), Zierkelbach Péter (1 & 10); Bogár Gergő (3; 12)
Missed 4 Rounds: Csonka Bence (Wk 2-5); Farkas Ádám (9-11; 13)
Missed 5 Rounds: Andó-Szabó Sándor (wk1; 5; 9-11); Iványi Zoltán (1-3; 5-6)
Missed 6 Rounds: Karakó Ferenc (1; 5; 10-13)
Missed 8 Rounds: Pintér Csaba (4-5; 8-13); Berke Balázs (2; 4; 6; 9-13)
Missed 10 rounds: Bognár Tamás (1-3; 5; 7-10 [covid]; 12-13 [Europa League Thurs games]
Vad is out injured & has been all season so we are down to 15 in total. He was used as an AAR on week 9 out of sheer desperation!
As we still have the AAR system we need 3 referees/game so 18 per round, we have a number of NBII refs who act only as AAR's in the NBI along with our 2 FIFA ladies, our NBI refs normally do 1-2 NBII games each season as well. 6 (50%) NBI referees have missed 5 -10 games out of 13, that is a huge loss. The VAR training program started in October as well and has also been hit. Mr Puhl has done a great job in finding enough officials for every game so far.