“I ignored VAR call to help fellow ref Anthony Taylor” ⚽ Mike Dean | Up Front
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- This is Up Front with Simon Jordan. A show brought to you by William Hill that pulls no punches and tells it EXACTLY like it is.
Mike Dean is arguably the most recognisable Premier League referee there has ever been. The first to brandish 100 red cards, he is known for his eccentric approach, no look yellow cards, exaggerated step overs and banter with the players, there’s simply never been another match official like him.
Mike joins the show to gives his most honest and open interview to date, discussing his 23-year-long refereeing career, his struggles with VAR, relationships with Premier League managers and much more.
Expect brutal honesty, frank admissions and insight into why the new directives have been introduced at the start of the new season.
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00:00 Introduction to Mike Dean
01:23 Mike Dean Podcast starts
02:03 Who wants to be a referee?
05:08 What’s the main character traits of a referee?
08:36 Has a manager has ever apologised?
12:17 Managers behaviour
18:48 Grassroots refereeing
22:19 Respect towards referees
24:14 How does the world perceive Mike Dean
26:55 “No-Look” yellow cards and step overs
30:17 Current referees
32:20 VAR
52:40 I was scared of VAR!
54:16 Hearing from referees
59:36 New directives for 2023
01:04:02 Mikes' proudest moment, his biggest disappointment and how would he like to be remembered?
The hair pull incident. Mike says "I didn't want to send him to the screen he'd had an action packed 5 minutes and he's a mate" I mean wow!! just wow, so refs are letting things go because their mate was having a bad day, absolutely disgraceful......
He should be no where near any form of football or officiating… snivelling pack rat !
Who said refs? Calm down our kid. One ref, one comment.
Don't forget, this is what Mike Dean said... It is damage control even said like this. The truth is worse. Definitely worse.
I never noticed how flat the top of his head is, unbelievable. Good watch.
Crater
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Random comment but yeah see it now
Ahahahaha great shout
It's flat because of all the pats on the head from Daniel Levy.
So Mike Dean just confesses to not applying the laws of the game to ‘help out his mate on the pitch’, and Simon Jordan just lets him get away with that. Absolutely gutless from both of them.
So the English lazy working class do nothing but suck the life out of society, drink themselves senseless, engorge on fast food and cause fights........but these two are gutless? hahahahahahahahahahahaha
Jordan should have punched him 😁
@@ChubbyChecker182😂😂😂
Jordan let Dean off the hook. Bullshit on TalkSport about listening to context of whole interview before judging Dean. He stopped the game to review the incident and chose not to act. Incompetent and an absolute idiot of a man
Simon Jordan’s a puppet mouth piece
49:20 - 51:00
Absolute madness, missed the hair pull and didn't send Anthony Taylor to the screen because he's a "mate". These are the guys reffing the best in the league in the world 😂
Yeah what a joke! I made the same observation before I saw your comment, it's staggering really isn't it...the most watched league in the world, millions of pounds at stake European qualifying etc etc etc. Madness.....
Jobs for the boys.
It highlights the issue. Danny Murphy was saying this on TalkSport the other day and Simon and Jim were defending the refs. Make the right call regardless if the cost, you've got a TV in front of you it's not difficult.
The integrity of the game is called into question by the small mindedness of people like Dean. Absolutely outrageous decision process.
He's the worst referee the premier League as ever had the most arrogant ignoramous I have ever come across
It's not acceptable to not send the referee to the screen because he's your mate and has had a hard game. That's part of the process and a basic requirement of the job so he was clearly not suitable to be a VAR ref. Football should take a lesson from rugby where you hear the dialogue between the onfield ref and the VAR ref and you ultimately get better decisions
Agreed. That was a DISGRACEFUL admission. If he hadn't have walked, he should have been sacked but that would not have happened.
Wow! They’re supposed to be professionals. That’s obviously going on every game!
I don’t understand why they aren’t using VAR like rugby. Also, they should have to come out at the end of a game and defend their decisions, like players and managers have to.
@@thoseheavysouls that's a bit of a leap. I wouldn't say every game has that issue.
Agree. Pathetic mindset
Howard Webb named Chief Ref
When City set out to equal Utd 3peat
Casemiro escaped leg breaker on Akanji
Not allowed to call it Corruption?🤔
I always felt that the best referees are the ones that go unnoticed, and don’t want to be noticed…you can could never label this at Mike Dean
Agreed
I agree, however, playing devil's advocate. What about Collina? Regarded by many as the best referee of all time, yet he definitely didn't go unnoticed
@@ltd1980very good point
@@ltd1980 because he looked a certain way, the eyes. He got noticed after 2 decades of top notch officiating.
If your brandishing red cards or giving injury time penalties how do you go unnoticed?
When you get through a game unnoticed i think it more to do with luck rather than your competence as a referee.
A referee who's not afraid to make a big decision on the big stage at the crucial time is what your looking for in a top referee.
It's all about you
It's all about you
Mike Dean
It's all about you
"I had the balls to make the decision ", apart from I didn't wanna upset my friend. Bloody hell!
"if I felt it was a penalty i would give it in the first minute or the 99th minute" but he wouldn't give a foul in the 95th minute on VAR because his friend was referring the game. Man basically admitted to match fixing because of emotions.
Get it right, it wasn’t even a penalty call, it was a foul and potentially a red card… cause it happened in the Chelsea’s player on box. So it was just a basic VAR call.
@@dagogogreene9155 You might want to learn to read. He said during the interview that if it was a penalty in the first on 99th minute he would give it. I said he doesn't give a foul when on VAR because his mate is reffing the game. I didn't say he gave a penalty in that game, I quoted what he said in the video and then compared it to the incident in the Chelsea Tottenham game.
Your comment is 100% correct.
In fairness he was using that as an example of why he wasn't good at VAR
“The lack of confidence of looking people in the eye” whilst staring at the ceiling
Guilty conscience.
Mike Dean loves the sound of his own voice
Jordan bottled this interview - for whatever reason the kid rolled over and gave Dean an easy pass 😂😂😂
@@MrJeffHead Best way really, better to be agreeable with people like this because they love the sound of their own voice digging themselves deeper
I always said VAR can fudge/swing any game they want to. Now listening to this "letting a mate off" i'm 100% sure.
Totally agree
That’s 100% correct, instead of getting the correct decision,it’s made it very easy to get the decision THEY want and they can manipulate any situation the way they want.
One of the worst refs in history, pure corruption.
Clive Thomas
Hopefully gets sued after this
@donone352, Thierry Henry with that handball goal versus Eire was not a cheat. Do us a favour.
@@shuyelbari8853Is Paddy upset, paddy's always upset
@donone352 , cheat blatant handball no need for VAR on that decision.
I think for Mike Dean with this one interview has harmed referees in English football more than any incorrect VAR call has. We now know that referees are making personal decisions based on loyalty to their friends to not go over and use the technology that was brought in to make them make decisions easier.
If they have this kind of bias, who's to say they don't have a bias in team they want to win a particular game. Its nothing short of a disgrace. Mic up the referees, mic up the VAR assistants and let us hear the decision making process throughout the 90 min game as and when they are making them. I refuse to trust or accept any more wrong decisions from these people unless thats the case
Football was better without var it's all drama and not conclusive like goal line tech and hawk eye in tennis
@@marshjj3788 football is no different with VAR. VAR highlights the fact that the PGMOL as a group/organisation take it upon themselves to make decision based on personal bias to influence games.
Without VAR we wouldn’t have a ref in the clip above admitting to deliberately influencing a game and not following the protocols and rules he is trained to. These refs manage games that can be worth 100s of millions to the clubs involved. They need to be assessed, moderated and if they are not fit for purpose sacked. Put a microphone and a camera in the VAR room and a mic on the on pitch ref so everyone has total transparency on what they are doing as they do it. There’s no reason for that not to happen other than to allow them to continue as they have been.
No. We don't. This is Dean speaking on Dean. Don't get your knickers in a twist.
Arsène Wenger accused the referee Mike Dean of not being honest and branded him a “disgrace” in a heated exchange following December’s 1-1 draw at the Hawthorns. The legend was bang on, wasn't he!!
Mike Dean “People didn’t like me because I was brave enough to make a tough call in the 1st or 91st minute”
Also Mike “I didn’t send my mate to the monitor because he had a tough day”
He should be sued for corruption.
Ego maniac is Mike Dean
He’s full of contradictions during this podcast, unfortunately Simon Jordan kept unusually quiet.
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Do you know what corruption means ? Who do you think is corrupting him ?
Yes, corruption... Sue... Do you have room temp IQ or what?
Mike Dean referees like people come to watch him referee instead of watching players play
There's no way in Hell Jon Moss passed those fitness tests
Believe it or not. From inside knowledge, he was one of the fittest of the Prem refs. Being big doesn't necessarily mean you not fit
@@mightyjandostic100%. Look at tyson fury, theres old boys playin darts in the pub that are in better shape and he can fight 12 rounds with ease
What's your proudest moment? "My entire 22 year career"
What a bell end
yep!!!!!!
I never liked Mike Dean when he was a referee - nothing has changed
An absolute twerp.
mike 'front and centre' dean. loves a spurs goal as well
This is such a comically sarcastic British thing to say, I love it.
"I believe there is a lot of vacuous, uninformed, unchallenged opinions out there" - Simon Jordan. Said without any irony.
‘I might learn something, but more importantly, you idiots might too’
but hes right even so, so
What??@@PazLeBon
@@mikesmith1485he said he’s right. I’m not surprised that’s difficult to comprehend for you
Really enjoyed that, thanks both.
That was a fantastic podcast. I’m really enjoying the honesty. Talk about opening up
Jesus never seen Simon simp so much than he has for refs in this
The man just called Lee Mason a dedicated VAR official, yet he was fired for 'FORGETTING' to draw the offside lines and check an offside possibility for a goal
great interview , best yet
Great interview - great insights. Players and managers are their own worst enemies, they dive, punch, bite, kick and simulate - all to confuse and obfuscate, then they have the audacity to cry 'foul' when they get the a bad call - STUFF THEM!
You do realize both teams and managers trust that the ref calls them out when they do all those things you mentioned…what they do not want is to NOT apply the law to protect their mates.
Mike Dean was a terrible referee. As for his view that he always had the balls to make the right decision, whether it was in the 1st 5 minutes or the last 5 minutes.
Well he failed at St James' Park in 2011 when he did not send off David Luiz in the 5th minute,when he brought down Denba Ba who was through on goal. Furthermore he defended his decision. He definitely bottled that.
Every game he officiated in was about him.
Great interview.
I wonder if he would be prepared to apologise to Chelsea Football Club, Tuchel and Cucurella. That was a water-shed moment which resulted in Tuchel leaving and all sorts of consequences for all concerned.
What another fantastic interview, cheers!!
Sort your structure out
I love how Simon calls Balotelli a "Jumped up little pipsqueak" - A great insult 😂
Simon is such a fraud....that sleaze bag confessed to cheating in front of him and he let it pass....Simon is a coward rat.
At least ballotelli had the minerals to tell him to look him in the eye when shaking his hand … can’t fault that 😄😄👍
Mike was comedy gold but that probably shouldn’t be a referee’s best attribute
Great interview 👍
Great interview. This and the Troy Deeney one in particular
The Mike Dean Show.
Yep. The man is a drama narcissistic drama Queen, delighted he’s out of the game
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I was a referee for about 6/7 years. It is fun but I was an amateur referee so I didn’t have linesman. Offsides are completely impossible to see at times. Every time where someone is through on goal and it’s anywhere near close to offside, one team is going to hate you and not forgive you for the rest of the game. Being a referee with linesman is an easy job if you like football and have common sense. It’s not as difficult as it’s made out to be. Being a linesman is tough though.
You don't have millions of people watching your mistake and pouring over it for a week afterwards.
It's like a guy saying he's the best in sparring yet during an actual fight is incapable of performing.
@@jplb96no maybe not. But amateur refs have a few drunk onlookers that could easily start wanting to throw punches at you when you aren’t able to identify a team provided linesman that’s blatantly cheating. It can be much worse refereeing in Sunday league. At least in professional sport there is always that boundary between the playing field and the supporters.
@@jplb96 that’s what I mean though. Mistakes are too common. They’re easy to avoid. Knowing that people are going to talk about a decision doesn’t make it more difficult to give. I was a linesman for Inverness reserves and Terry Butcher was the manager. You completely forget about pressures like that when you’re making a decision. Quite a scary but nice guy.
no linesmen? i played most levels , amatuer and sunday leaguie included, never seen a game with no linos
@@PazLeBonthe ref comes alone. Each team provides someone who runs the line. That’s how cheating becomes so common and how difficult the job becomes.
Jordan failed to hold Dean to account for admitting to protecting Anthony Taylor over giving the correct decision
And Dean sat there and said he always had the balls to make the big decisions
Usually a fan of Jordan but that was poor
32:26 is what you’re here for
A referee's job should literally be to be in control of the game, let it flow, and take the focus away from himself. This man did the exact opposite. The fact that he was one of the 'top' refs in the Prem for so long is indicative of how poor the refereeing standards our in this country.
The fact when asked what makes a good referee he said nothing technical and made it all about his personality says it all. Man winged it for decades, absolutely jobs for the boys and still is
No ‘Common Sense use of the Laws, Decision Making’, what does personality even mean.. it means ‘their personality’. Completely jobs for the boys.
finally someone gets it. The man is a bit of charlatan, massive brown nose too judging by the way he keeps everything close to his chest. I wouldn't say he 'winged' it, but most definitely a 'yes man'.
Hearing some of the things Mike Dean said in this was actually very alarming. Not good.
Bit like most his decisions then. Not good
The bit about being on VAR but not getting games because he's useless and people with the organisation saying "what's the problem you're getting paid." It's just jobs for the boys, one massive old boys club. How Jon Moss is still there I dont know either.
The hair pull decision making process - blimey. Yes, he admits now it was a horrendous decision but his reasoning for not sending the ref over was eye opening. Those thoughts shouldn't even enter a VAR's head when making those decisions.
@@Sam-rf1cz Bang on, "the ref has had a tough game so I didnt want to send him to the monitor." My god.
Never forget he’s goal celebration in 2015 game when spurs scored against villa
One question, how long until VAR gets to the stage where Referees are no longer required on the pitch? A great watch as always for Up Front! Well done Mr Jordan.
Mike Dean, Mike Dean the chicken killing machine. Great chat.
Keep your hands stil Mike Dean!!!
This is brilliant
Question for you. What is the definition of “passing the ball” ? Because the final video image of the players positions is only the end of a process that begins with “the pass”. What measurement of that is there ? It’s like a 100 metre athletic race. The runnners can start when they like but the winner is the first across the line. The timing of the pass is ignored and only the final positions of the players is highlighted. Officials at the game very often see and hear the contact on the ball. What measurement is used for VAR ?
Danny Murphy hit the nail on the head !!! Aka jasper carrot 🥕!!!
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Two separate referee's who have now publically said they purposefully made wrong decisions against Chelsea, both were against tottenham but i watch every Chelsea game and this happens a lot every year the referees are a disgrace
I dislike Chelsea but in this, you are right. Once the credibility of officials is gone, the whole system collapses and it appears that Chelsea in particular and also, Brighton, West Ham have been singled out. Webb has some really tough decisions to make.
I read this on the BBC this morning. Nothing less than cheating. I honestly had to read it a few times because I thought I just didn't understand what he was saying. How many times has that happened would be my question
Go cry me a river , get another ref then they make bad calls against City another bad calls against Liverpool another against Utd. You didn't loose against Westhams 10 man after spending a billion because of a refs bad call.
massive agenda against chelsea. the fa final leicester handball, arsenal cup final handball, hair pulls, 3 goals disallowed in league cup final, souceks dive and save last season blatant pen and on and on and on. I remember mike dean making lampard retake a penalty 3 times due to encroachment. he scored every time so encroachment wasnt even an issue. who remembers the champs league semi and 4 penalties not awarded against barcelona. There is a you tube highlights video dedicated to antony taylors desisions against chelsea
Cringin hell
Brilliant interview
Making mistakes I can accept. Everyone makes mistakes in life and their jobs are really high pressured. But Mike admitting to making the active decision to not ask a referee to go to the screen to see an obvious foul all because he was a "mate" and he felt he already had a tough match for me is as good as being corrupt.
"Assist - Mike Dean!"
What a pull, good job this will be a brilliant.
Did Simon mention yet that he used to own palace of talk about Andy Johnson
He used to be a footballer too!
Pure corruption. Bet companies should look into this. The fact this type of actions affect so many people who bet or teams that end up losing millions of dollars because of this type of refs is beyond me.
Made me laugh when he mocked Dermott
Sneakers were on point fellas
VAR killed the flow of the game rip football
Bet you don't complain when VAR intervenes and saves your team...
@@callumatkinson4402 have not watched a game since sir alex left the bar is so low thank god i was around for the golden era 1990 - 2012
@@felenti4956 that says it all really 😂😂😂
@@callumatkinson4402where talking about the flow of the game,I guess you like to wait about 50 seconds after a goal is scored before celebrating
I would rather have the flow of the game disrupted than have a team lose which can lead to a lot of people losing their jobs because of relegation because I couldn't wait 15 secs to celebrate
What was Mike looking at the whole interview?
Excellent insight into the ref.
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Another great podcast interview with Mike Dean
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Guys Mike Dean things he is the Ronaldo of Refereering...I was waiting for him to say..."I deserve it...and I think I will love it"
He’s dropped some big names in it there. 😳
Mike dean said that Mac allister challenge was a red card
It was a red card, late, studs first, dangerous - Rules says that's a Red
What a load of bollocks
@@BVking509😂😂😂 rubbish hahha
@@BVking509Such a red it was rescinded completely very quickly. Take off your agenda glasses.
@@MrLewbaah It's not a true or false argument, it's a matter of fact and how the rules read. But we all know there is special rules for LiVARpool with convenient penalties being given for dives like last weekend and SpaceBalls Nunez at Fulham, let's not forget the Jota Headkick or the shadows offside rule
The knock on effect of his corrupt decision to not send Taylor to the monitor is terrible, that was a massive pivotal moment for Chelsea and tuchel. Tuchel ends up losing his job , chelsea having had a excellent performance against spurs and deserved to win are denied a win, tuchel loses his job and Chelsea end up with porter and en up the season in 12th
Mike dean the best of the best 😂
I guess we will see him on Strictly this autumn
They did this for years for Fergie...Clattenburg came out and said they were all scared of Fergie so they gave him favorable calls...it brings into question all those trophies UTD "won" with currupt referees.
Nothing new under the Sun.
I could go on and on about these Refs, with valid points and facts too; but any chance you create as a Team, you better take it !! Put away your chances as early as possible. Do not play with your Food. Simon, great Channel. South London !!
The sickening confirmation of the lack of character; lack of will; and, worst; LACK OF PROFESSIONAL INTEGRITY behind so many VAR non-decisions...
The confession I would most like to hear is from the VAR officials at the Everton V Liverpool game from 3 years ago when Pickford committed GBH on Virgil Van Dijk, doing a wrestling body-slam with his whole bodyweight on the guy's upper thigh, smashing his knee. No review for dangerous play despite scream accompanied by un-natural body-movement indicating serious injury as that would have meant sending off England's goal-keeper.
Amazing how most of these huge errors benefit a small selection of teams......
Always have mate ,
We could name 3 of them in 5 seconds
Absolutely despicable this ref
He keeps saying he made a “mistake” or “missed” the hair pull incident then goes on to admit he saw the incident, knew it was an issue but chose to ignore it
I thought Simon was interviewing Jasper Carrot when I saw the thumbnail for this video!!!!
Absolutely fantastic interview. Insightful and changed my perception and thoughts about Mike. Thought he came across really well and Simon's interviewing was absolutely on the money.
It's all about Mike
Just hear for the comments about how everyone's team is amazing and would win the league comfortably if it was not for the officials.
Mike Dean was on VAR duty when Chelsea were playing against Spurs, when Cucurella had is hair pulled back. MD apparently looked at it with slow mo monitor & didn’t see anything. How can you miss something like that.
Thought Mike was one of the most honest
Nice chat😂
So much love here for Mike - lol
Interesting interview.
"Politicians are saying speak properly to one another, but in the real world, that doesn't work" - is he having an aneurysm?
We can but hope.
Bear in mind that at most premiership games only about eight people in the stadium actually know the Laws of the Game comprehensively.
Can we give Anthony Taylor some credit for immediately reprimanding this entitled fool
I enjoyed this interview. Mike Dean was honest and it was interesting to see it from a rev’s point of view.
rev?
@@videosrus8631have a day off mate, pointing out a spelling mistake in a comment. You need to get a life.
Spencer Oliver must have been there, his bmx is on Simons bookshelf.
It’s Mike Dein’s world and we’re just living in it…
He’s an arse
Can someone tell me what the Robertson and Bruno incident was? I can’t actually remember it?
Not between them, Robertson was elbowed by the linesman and Fernandes pushed the linesman and escaped punishment of course.
Upfront with Jasper Carrott
jasper is a legend
Sums up the state of refereeing in the premier league
I never really disliked him, I liked the fact that he was a bit of a personality.
Look at me look at me mike dean
Rumour was Mike Dean almost beat Hugh Jackman for the lead role in the Greatest Showman movie.
It should be a criminal offence to treating, abuse intimidate any person, as is the same for the public....REFS should grow some and get police involvement when they are subjected to this kind of behaviour
Great interview but I have to say it never fails to amaze me how after games refs weren’t allowed to come out and explain their decisions has soon as they retire you can’t keep them off TV Mike himself turns up on soccer Saturday Peter Walton when it was BT SPORT not sure if he is still on there now it’s TNT,numerous other now turning up at the opening of an envelope.
On Mourinho: the decisions against Roma in the final were absolutely baffling. The behaviour of Romans after the final may not have been good, but considering the team were treated wrongly over and over again during the season. The final of the Europa league was the cherry on top. A handball at 1-1 around the 80th minute not given. Speaking about Mourinho’s gameplan saying he messed it up conceding a 1-1 is not what refs should speak about. They need to step up in certain moments to make the game fair. That’s what we need, because as Mister Dean says himself, Mourinho shakes everybody’s hands after any game he had with him. Just do your job and all is well
No they weren’t it wasn’t a penalty so get over it
Here the lies the problem with football. Clueless opinions like yours!