I love Mike Dean, he takes no nonsense from anyone. Listen to the Peter Crouch podcast if you haven't already
I love that the referee community love MD but most of my mates hate him; "he has to be the centre of attention" complaints - sod that he is out there clearly enjoying himself and if more refs could do that then there wouldn't be such a shortage of them
I hear that so much about him wanting to be the centre of attention but you’re right in your response. He’s a ref at the top of his game and he’s absolutely loving it. OK he gets in the spotlight sometimes but he’s not getting in it for the wrong reasons, it’s purely because he’s having a great tome doing what he lovesI love that the referee community love MD but most of my mates hate him; "he has to be the centre of attention" complaints - sod that he is out there clearly enjoying himself and if more refs could do that then there wouldn't be such a shortage of them