Can someone please have a word in the ear of Howard Webb. That someone needs to convince him that his "career break" from the police force, during which he concentrated on football refereeing, is well and truly over, as are the best years in charge of games. Having gone back to the force,Webb has continued to referee but with an alarming drop in standards. I have seen him manage no more than 'medioce' performances for ages now, with many achieving nothing like that level. The publicity surrounding the blatant penalty when Ashley Young was taken out (which of course Webb didn't give) highlighted to everyone who'd not yet realised HW was, and is, a spent force.
Having refereed the world cup final - one of the most challenging matches to referee that there has ever been in world football - he should perhaps have considered his options carefully. He'd done a good job, and should have returned the UK to live up to the good reputation he'd earned. Unfortunately the downward slide in his abilities is clear for all to witness, most weeks.
He was so close to the incident when Young was floored by the Spurs goalkeeper that it seemed icredible that he did not award a penalty. Today, he was similarly close to the challenge that came from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain on Suarez, and how he managed to see it and not award a penalty is a complete mystery. It simply provided yet more evidence / proof that Webb has lost his ability to make good judgements.
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