WNT Hanoi Open 2025, Vietnam, Oct 7-12
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Jay, AFAIK in modern days it is the opposite. I've heard referees are trained to perform like that, in order to be out of sight of a shooting player. Of course there are exceptions to this, and a referee is free to take any position he/she feels ideal in order to make proper judgement, but in general it is kind of "hiding behind".
Would love to read more of your insight on this topic. Maybe you could even create a special thread where you comment on various situations arising, based on your own experience or view.
You definitely see things through biased, rose colored glasses because you are so happy that there is more pro pool to see, and probably to a lesser extent because she is a woman, and a half likeable and attractive one at that.
Anything good you just automatically attribute to Emily without any sound evidence for doing so, rather than to the Matchroom machine and know how that was already in place long before she ever arrived, and to the team that surrounds her. When we look only at the things we know are a direct result of her though, where we aren't having to make biased speculations and guesses about who should get the credit/responsiblity, but for those things we know she has been responsible for, they have largely been a disaster.
She has repeatedly proven that she is clueless and incompetent. The fact that there is still a purple five ball even today as we sit here and chat would be enough on its own to prove that, even if there was literally nothing else. Seriously, stop and think for a minute about the level of incompetence it takes to still have a purple five ball even today. The fact that Marcel is still a ref for Matchroom after so many years of incompetence on his part would be enough by itself to prove that as well, even if there was literally nothing else. Unfortunately those things aren't even alone though, and there are many more just like them.
Not only does your bias make you ascribe some Matchroom achievements to Emily without the evidence for doing so (and even in spite of evidence against doing so in some cases), it also makes you give her passes on things that were very clearly gross incompetence and that you would never give to anybody else in any other situation. I get it, she is likeable, half cute, and above all we are real happy we have more pool to see, but we can't let that blind our ability to see the facts for what they really are.
I will give you that she does appear to be a hard worker as best we can tell, but how much benefit is that when you are working hard with incompetence? Just makes it harder for the rest of the team to do a good job in spite of you. She might also be decent at bringing on new partners and securing venues and the like, but if so it just means that the right role for her at Matchroom would be in sales or PR, not as director, which she has shown over and over and over again she doesn't have even remotely close to the competency level for.
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DaWizard
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I prefer to do that too! No idea why. It just feels good
