Referee Mike Dean warned Pedro Obiang he wouldn’t play again if he dared to look the man in black’s way again.
The official can clearly be seen mouthing the words “Don’t look at me again. Right, yeah or you won’t play again.”
It is more proof that the 48 year old from Wirall has completely lost the plot. Dean was described as ‘arrogant’ by Niall Quinn after the match official controversially sent off West Ham midfielder, Sofiane Feghouli.
ClaretandHugh’s – chief pundit Leroy Rosenior claimed the performance was “disgusting” adding that Dean is only interested in how he looks in the newspapers and added that he wrecked the game.
Match of the Day host, Gary Lineker, said Dean, who has also awarded the most penalty kicks so far this season, and handed out five red cards – more than any other ref – does seem to ‘seek a little attention’.
Retired Irish Footballer Stephen Hunt wrote for the Irish Independent the day before yesterday’s match saying “Mike Dean. He’s the most arrogant referee going. In fact, he’s probably the most arrogant man I’ve ever met on a football pitch. At least you could have banter with players, no matter what they were like.
“I’ve come across some big players in my time and there were times when you’d be thinking, ‘I can’t believe he’s said something like that’, but, even in that context, Dean takes the cake. He just won’t talk to you. He dismisses you like you’re a piece of dirt.”
“Don’t look at me again, otherwise you won’t be playing again.”
Says the Godfather of Premier League Ref’s pic.twitter.com/JwyjVMlbxR
— racingpete (@Betracingnation) January 2, 2017
I think he deserves a belated Knighthood in the New Years honours list for services to Tw4tism 😁
I seem to remember John Terry getting a long ban for supposedly saying something to Ferdinand ( against Sunderland, I think ) . Although nobody heard the comments he was sentenced to a ban through ” lip reading ” by the media .
Surely those same media lip reading skills should be applied to ascertain what Dean said to Obiang . A threat is , after all , a threat .
And the rediculous blindly brandished Red Card should of course be rescinded .
Card won’t be rescinded and Dean will be in charge of another big game by next week!! He’s done the perfect job for the PL chiefs and got there beloved 600m in debt money making cash cow nearer the top of the league for there favourite Chinese and Indonesian fan base 🙂
Does not matter how many decisions he gets wrong or what disgraceful things he says to players or how he acts, he will continue to get away with it and be a top flight referee.
Years move on, But the Premier League and FA stay exactly the same.
Exactly Stinger, the dinosaurs run the game getting richer and refusing to realise what century they are in. I genuinely believe all these leagues are cartels and would be found to be corrupt if investigated thoroughly. The Italian league was obviously proved to be completely corrupt Juventus were the main beneficiary but it was found that many matches involving other teams were fixed. They could make the sport fair but do they ?
I hate to say it, but my son and I were discussing the standard of refereeing before the game; we new we were in trouble. Mike Dean, Man Utd & The Cameras… what more do you need to say. It had all the ingredients. The system is self policing. Any profesional within the game, footballer, manager, is sensured if they dare to criticise the perfomance of officials. How on earth do they expect standards to improve if idiots like Mike Dean and Mark Clattenburg and never brought to task? They are fire-proof. To agree with previous posts, no it does not even out over the course of a season. Players like Roy Keane can punch Thomas Repka in the head, in the penalty area and scream in his face for daring to exist in the knowledge there will be no repurcusions. This is the established order of things. This is the way it has always been. Until refrereee are forced to face the consequences of their poor performance by an independant body with credibility and some teeth there will be no progress. Look at the initial resistance to goal line technology. Does anyone complain about getting that right now (well, apart from Manure, that is)? I’d have video replays and the proper involvement of fourth officials in real time, as well as rating and saking of referees. They are there to serve the sport…. not the otherway round (Yes, Mike, I am looking at you).
The brazenness with which these so called elite referees muddle along suggests to me that there is more than just mere incompetence, or love of cameras involved. lts a racket.
After watching the video of Dean speaking to Obiang you don’t need to be a lip reader to understand what Dean said. Is there not a code of conduct for referee’s as there is for players? If there is surely Dean should be charged with misconduct the same as a player would be.
The FA must look at the video and drop Mike Dean (hopefully from a great height). The way that he acts is appalling.