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title: "Wolves: Fans react to referee announcement"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/wolves-fans-react-to-referee-announcement/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2021-08-10T10:35:51Z"
modified: "2021-08-10T10:35:51Z"
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# Wolves: Fans react to referee announcement

**Bruno Lage’s Wolverhampton Wanderers tenure begins on Saturday afternoon with a trip to Leicester City.**

It’s something of a baptism of fire for the Portuguese tactician given that the Foxes finished fifth last season and won the FA Cup.

Ahead of the first round of fixtures, the league [has announced the list of refereeing appointments](https://www.premierleague.com/news/2211231). Craig Pawson will take charge of the clash at the King Power Stadium, with Michael Oliver the lead VAR.

### Craig Pawson’s previous Wolves encounters

Pawson was the man in the middle for [three Wolves matches](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/craig-pawson/profil/schiedsrichter/2289/plus/0?funktion=1&saison_id=2020&wettbewerb_id=GB1) last season. He oversaw two defeats against Liverpool – 4-0 at Anfield in December and 1-0 at Molineux in March – and also an incident-packed 2-1 victory over Arsenal.

The game featured two red cards for the Gunners, with David Luiz and Bernd Leno dismissed, and a penalty that Ruben Neves tucked away.

Overall, Pawson brandished 80 yellow cards over the course of the season, [the fifth-highest total](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/premier-league/schiedsrichter/wettbewerb/GB1/plus/?saison_id=2020) among the division’s officials.

Fan feed [Talking Wolves](https://twitter.com/TalkingWolves/status/1424750979401007111) relayed the news once it was confirmed, and here’s what supporters made of it.

### These Wolves fans pessimistic after Pawson news

**“We could do with some of those officials in the euros, they knew how to ref”**

Credit: [@WolfSomerset](https://twitter.com/WolfSomerset/status/1424846840328069120)

**“Leicester to win via dodgy VAR decision”**

Credit: [@richydafish](https://twitter.com/richydafish/status/1424786272133001219)

**“Doesn’t matter who refs, they’re all as bad as each other”**

Credit: [@mark\_spruce](https://twitter.com/mark_spruce/status/1424753641093832706)

**“Deffo Leicester get a penalty”**

Credit: [@salopwolf](https://twitter.com/salopwolf/status/1424760322716577799)

**“May as well give Leicester the win now”**

Credit: [@jckwebster](https://twitter.com/jckwebster/status/1424752463102545928)

**“There’s no point”**

Credit: [@BVitler](https://twitter.com/BVitler/status/1424751813069258753)

**In other news, [how much can Wolves expect from the sale of Rafa Mir?](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/wolves-news/wolves-8-5m-rafa-mir-windfall-expected/)**