The time is on us the greatest, largest(nothing else comes close) sporting event in the World is here, good luck to all the English speaking nations(includes Australia
).
I know MC who is one of if not the best ref in the World left to go to Saudi Arabia therefore removing himself from the competition but a World Cup without a British ref WTF especially when you have third world soccer nations like Iran,Japan, USA having referees picked.
It would be like if you ever had a world championship for basketball and no American official was selected.
it is the players I feel for when the heavy weights like Germany , Brazil , England get paired up with refs who cannot handle the big boys, now Eglin AFB in Fwb FL has a big multi base football(soccer) tournaments this weekend so I will be out on the field keeping the boys in line.