Wish I could remember the opposition but we had a CL game against one of the big European teams and we had Collina as ref. I was delighted because I thought he'd be fair at least. I was wrong, he fell for all of their tricks and gave us nothing all game.
Modus operandi for Collina. The best ref in the world at the moment IMO is Marco Rodriguez (the one that looks like Dracula) - he takes no sh*t, when he tells players to F**k off and stop crowding around him, he taps his pocket twice and if you've not fu**ed off, he'll start brandishing cards, when players dive he reaches for his pocket. Strict as F**k but let's the game flow just enough.
In the EPL, there's no such thing as the best referee as they're all horrible. Easily the worst standard of refereeing in any of the big five leagues but if you held a gun to my head and asked me to pick one it's probably Andre Marriner (F**k me, that's saying something isn't it?).
edit: I can understand why Marco Rodriguez might not be everyone's favourite ref, but I love the way he does his business.
double edit: Martin Atkinson is probably worth a shout but he still fails at the task of remaining impartial in Liverpool games since that League Cup game against Arsenal a few years back. If LFC aren't involved, probably worth a shout.
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