Riley was IMO a poor/overrated referee and to me his time in charge of PGMOL is up. The situation has become a circus.
He needs to move on and appoint someone with the leadership that’s required to get English refereeing back to the pinnacle
We may disagree (in the nicest possible way!) on many things ajb but couldn’t agree more with you here. Riley was a poor official whose appointments inexplicably far exceeded his ability and his management of PGMOL is just as bad.
Long overdue taxi for Mr Riley please
I can only agree with these 2 posts. As for his time being up as PGMOL boss, I gather a few former international referees believe he should never have been appointed in the first place, and personally I was flabbergasted when he was. I could recall to many games he refereed when his player management skills to my mind were sadly lacking. In another thread on City's game this evening, mention is made of Brych's natural authority. I never felt that could be said of Mr Riley.