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chesco
out to lunch

Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Glasgow
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| quote: | Originally posted by George Smiley
A very special bye bye to.........
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How right the english media were about poll:
| quote: | Poll fits the bill for final referee
From The Daily Express - 22/06/2006 MICK DENNIS
THERE are, at least, three Englishmen at the World Cup who are fulfilling their potential - referee Graham Poll and his two assistants.
There is an increasing feeling that Poll, Philip Sharp and Glenn Turner are on course to take charge of the final if England do not manage to stumble through to the July 9 match in Berlin.
The three English officials have earned good appraisals from their two matches to date and were hurriedly given a third assignment, today's tense clash between Croatia and Australia in Stuttgart.
It is highly unusual to get three group games and the clear hint is that they are being tested to see if they can confirm the belief that they are the top team of officials.
There are 21 referees here, each with two assistants from his own country, but those who do not do well in qualifying will be sent home. Some high-profile names have already been pencilled in for the cull.
German ref Markus Merk blundered when Australia's Harry Kewell swore at him after the defeat by Brazil. Merk should have shown Kewell the red card as they were both still on the field of play. Instead he reported Kewell, but FIFA decided not to ban the Liverpool man due to the ref 's mistake.
Poll was spot-on with his decision-making in his first game, between South Korea and Togo, when he sent off Togo captain Jean-Paul Abalo.
In his second, when Saudi Arabia met Ukraine, he earned plaudits for booking Saudi's Omar Al-Ghamdi for diving. A less fit and less alert referee might have given a penalty but Poll was close at hand.
England is the only country to have fully professional referees and FIFA, who support the idea of professionalism, were impressed by Poll's level of physical and mental preparedness.
ENGLAND and Sven-Goran Eriksson have a major problem. |

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