RateTheRef

Quote from: DublinRef on Sun 05 Jun 2022 21:18

Quote from: bmb on Sun 05 Jun 2022 13:10

Happy with Sandro Schärer for the Italy game - wonder if it's too late to get press accreditation!

Nice game for Filip Glova, pleased to see him out and about. He's had a fractured season with time out with covid and a few aftereffects of it.

I can't quite recall ever seeing Glova referee, for some reason I think I may recall a positive post from you bmb about one of his performances? Regardless I would be interested on your thoughts on him. Saying that, the referee should be the least of our worries!!

Haha I hear ya! Things not going so well North or South of the non border. I said to someone earlier I would have been cussing out Norn Iron but couldn't as they didn't bother turning up for the game... The GAWA actually booed at the end of the game, I have never in my life heard the GAWA boo!

As to Filip, I have seen him referee live a couple of times in Hungary and once in Slovakia, he was 4O for the game v Turkey, then refereed the San Marino game excellently and then recently he did Hungary v Serbia, which I watched with my Serbian boss - excellent performance again! Even Nebojša liked him, which says a lot, he's a typical football manager who is not a fan of referees! He's always respectful though. He first came to my attention as a as a referee 1st April 2018. I was at FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda v Spartak Trnava in the Slovak top flight and he was the referee.  As an aside he also entered #1 spot on the totty list on that same date...

I like him as a referee. He's not the finished article. He's pretty strict in terms of application of the LOTG but is in the main consistent and fair to both teams and he's certainly not afraid to make the big calls. I recall one game where he gave 3 penalties. Fitness is excellent, movement around the pitch & positioning tend to be decent. He seems to lack a little bit of confidence or self belief maybe at times, I'm judging that by his demeanour not his decision making, he's a first year category 1 referee so still growing. He's only a baby - 33, he's developed well in the 4 years I have been watching him. Maybe needs to work on his man management a bit, he seems to have a permanent scowl on his face and at times has a very cross, unapproachable look! It's not quite the epic Kassai death stare but he'll never be described as a smily ref. He's actually very sweet as a person and smiles a lot off of the pitch so I think it's more where he is still relatively inexperienced and doesn't fully believe in himself yet.

Now a bit of random trivia! He is from Košice which pre Trianon was Kassa in Hungary. He's not ethnic Hungarian, his surname is Ukrainian/Russian in origin. Kassa is however where Kassai's paternal family originated from - Kassai translates as from Kassa (pre Trianon) or from Košice these days. Destined to take Viktor's long held top totty spot! 2 flaws though - he has green eyes and uses a yellow whistle!