Ian Wright reckons the 'f***ing disturbing arrogance' of Mike Dean is evidence of the problem with officiating in the Premier League.
Arsenal hero Ian Wright is aghast at the “f***ing disturbing arrogance” Mike Dean displayed in his VAR spat with Paul Merson.Merson called for the common sense he believes they could provide but Dean dismissed the idea, insisting “half of former players don’t know the laws of the game full stop”.
“Then you see Michael Oliver today , we saw two bookable offences, you’re booked for the first one and you leave the second one because… you don’t want to upset ? Dean repeatedly told the former England international ‘you don’t know the law,’ ending his argument by saying: ‘I’m staying nice and calm here because I know you can’t change the law, If he wants to blow like a bottle of pop that’s fine by me.’
“But it’s also true if you under react it can have a negative impact on the game, so I think when he reflects on it he’ll realise the second one should have been a yellow card as well. It should have been Kovacic sent off for two yellow cards.”Paul Merson went off at Mike Dean who suggested players “don’t know the game” by saying referees are “all scared” to get in trouble and “no one’s going to die” ...
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