Las Blancas Podcast: Explaining The Referee ‘Strike’ + Assessing New Signing Freja Siri

On this episode of Las Blancas podcast, hosts Om Arvind and Yash Thakur discuss:

• Why the refereeing strike can’t technically be called a “strike”
• The full timeline of events
• The statements from the referees
• The league’s responses
• The power struggle between the RFEF and the LPFF
• Real Madrid disagreeing with any disciplinary action taken against the referees
• The insidiousness and manipulative actions of the RFEF
• The money involved: what the RFEF wants and what the LPFF has proposed
• The RFEF’s true motivations
• The referees being in a terrible position strategically
• The scheduling issues this creates
• What comes next
• Brief bio on Freja Siri
• Why Real Madrid signed her
• What the stats say about Freja
• Her strengths and weaknesses
• Whether she is worth her reported price tag
• Whether there were better options out there
• Ana Rossell’s transfer tendencies
• The long-term view

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Hosts this week:

Om Arvind (@OmVAsports)

Yash Thakur (@Odriozolite)

Las Blancas (@Las_Blancas)