Quote Originally Posted by Letters View Post
From the FA all the way up to FIFA the whole premise is that the referee is NEVER wrong and admitting he may have been shows weakness so it
Must.
Not.
Happen.
Utter balls. I'd have far more time for the whole system of the ref admitted he saw it but, having seen a replay, realised he called it wrong and that retrospective punishment is appropriate. The way it is right now is completely nonsensical. It doesn't matter how crass or clearly wrong a decision is, if the ref 'saw' it that's that and his decision at the time was right.

I guess from their point of view, they would say that if we start correcting bad decisions after the game, where does it end? The team on the receiving end of the decision would say 'what about some other challenge in the 73rd minute' or 'how about correcting the penalty decision we were supposed to get' etc.

Setting up a transparent points record for referees and a 'challengers' system is the way forward IMO.