In respect of players cheating and retrospective action, I believe that the most apt punishment would be to deduct points from the team of the offending player and award them to the opponents on that day. In this way it is the employer of the player that is punished - and rightly so. I am fully aware that this will never happen.

In terms of video replays it is all well and good to suggest they might help. However, who calls for the replay? Moss booked Rojo so he saw a foul. He saw a bad foul. He probably saw two feet, but it was Moan U so didn't pull the red.

If anyone on here believes that officials are immune from the lure of the big money men in a game where the top players demand £300k + PER WEEK!, you are all sadly deluded and I pity you in your naivety.

Before you criticise someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticise them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

It has to be done with the help of technology. The game is past the point where we can just say "it evens itself out" human error is costing teams millions and results in delegations or missed European football in some cases. I'd prefer the game to be slowed by breaks to get correct calls from video analysis then continue down this path of poor refereeing in the bigggest league on the planet.

I also think that this rule that refs calls can't be altered post match if they see an incident is merely protecting refs and it is ridiculous. Yeah they saw it, doesn't mean they haven't f***ed it up.

Edited by coulsdoneagle (24 Dec 2016 10.30pm)

After Snotarse's blatant and obvious dive for which the idiot Jones somehow gave a penalty Pardew sympathised with the ref and went on about how hard it was for refs. Now that might have been code, but IMHO what needs to be said in a case like that is something more along the lines of "the ref was f***** s**** and f***ed up a bunch of really f****** obvious calls with f****** important consequences, the f******* t***".

Unfortunately if you say that they fine you, even (or maybe especially) if it's true. So much for free speech.

I have a feeling Samwise will be a bit more bullish and it's certainly true that he is, notwithstanding his misdemeanours passim, going to be able to make more noise in more awkward places than Pardew could.

Edited by chateauferret (25 Dec 2016 12.39am)

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What was with all the advantages he gave today? I'm pretty sure when I saw the cup final that wasn't a "thing".

Persistent cynical fouls were carried out today, time and time again Watford were not punished, yet first time fouls were rewarded with a yelllow for a palace player.

His inconsistency and constant posing for the cameras really winds me up. The worst thing is handball Henry and his other sky muppet mate were complimentary of the performance.

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didnt think you were going to comment on this thread Trolley? Blood pressure and all that.

To be totally honest I posted this over a week ago, I have been abroad and I had forgotten I had posted what I did.