RateTheRef

I'm not fully convinced about Mallenco's appointment - it seems a bit too sentimental. He's been refereeing for a long time but I'm not sure that his international career has been especially distinguished. I think the only major tournament he's refereed at was the 2010 World Cup where I thought he was pretty poor (Germany V Serbia anyone?) - I don't think he did the Champions League final and I don't remember him doing too many CL semi-finals, and I also don't think he's done a CL knockout stage game this season.

Readingfan....I concur with your comments. Sentiment, good bye present, probably has played a part but what it really tells us is the level of seriousness with which this hybrid competition is taken.

Quote from: Tweed on Sat 08 Jun 2019 23:30

Quote from: Whistleblower on Fri 07 Jun 2019 13:32

Readingfan....I concur with your comments. Sentiment, good bye present, probably has played a part but what it really tells us is the level of seriousness with which this hybrid competition is taken.

I'd argue the European Qualifiers are more important...

I wouldn't have thought UEFA would take that view considering it's their initiative! (I think the Nations League has worked well and exceeded my expectations, although the qualifiers are obviously important too.)