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Luis charged again (ive rarely seen a player get so much crap from officialdom) and were not appealing jays red....I take it we've given up....as much as I dislike utd, they give the fa and match officials so much [oops] their dare not cross them. Us, were taking it like fools

what do you suggest? angry mob?

pitchforks out

With our luck they will extend it to 5 match ban! for jay!

Appeal everything, moan like [oops] about standard of officials and officialdom. Have a right old whinge at every conference...worked out well for manure...

Suarez bought it upon himself. Great player- but He is dishonest, he will cheat wherever possible and loves winding other players up.

The spearing red was ridiculous however, yellow at worst!

Can we charge the FA for failure to instill consistency with their referee's decision?

They should just introduce the same rules that rugby has used for years now. If the refs don't like being complained to, then just let the captain talk and send the other players of for 10 minutes with a yellow. That will stop them getting in refs faces.

FIFA is curupt, they are way behind when t comes to technology. Imagin if they went to a video ref for fouls, balls crossing the line and other offenses, problem solved.

Tell me, does anyone care that the game might be slowed for a while, if it means that the right call is made?

I watch a lot of Rugby league which uses the video ref that you speak about, it is a very use full tool and can add drama to the game. it takes no time at all1 10 to 20 seconds and you don't know the time has passed coz you are busy watching the big screen waiting for the decision. Bring it on I say!!

We won't appeal because he hit the other player with his studs up. That's enough reason to uphold the red - no reason to waste time pis5ing into the wind. The fact that the referee did not apply the rule against the Fulham players is irrelevant.

As to the technology debate, the television referee has become so good in rugby that it's reached the point where people want more control given to him in order to pick up off-the-ball infringements and correctly adjudicate forward passes and so on. No one cares that the game stops, because in rugby the clock stops when the ball is out of play, and the game ends when the fourth official (who is the official time-keeper) says so. Anyone heard of time wasting in rugby? No. Is time-wasting rife in football, but always manages to go unpunished? Yes. Stopping the clock when the ball is out of play immediately eliminates time wasting.

There is absolutely no reason why football cannot benefit from having an official able to review the play. It certainly costs less money than the imperfect goal line technology that would only resolve one dispute per season, and would clarify several issues per game. A lot of people think for the officials by saying they wouldn't want technology's interference, but personally I feel that most of them would prefer a game to end without controversy over their decision making.