Agreed. It's not a discussion, he imposes his own opinion on you time and time again. It never varies, it doesn't add anything productive, and he never considers that he might be wrong.

We could be having a good debate about how long Niasse should be banned for on the basis that he cheated the ref and it directly altered the result.

Can we please not turn this thread into yet another Willo thread

I think, the very fact that the PL is even considering bringing in video reviews is sufficient evidence that they believe too many contentious issues are being missed by the refs. Slightly different angle to the contention that the refs are poor, just that they are missing important moments, perhaps because of the pace of the game and being incorrectly positioned.

This is a straightforward choice for me, I am firmly in the camp of video evidence although I would temper this by saying it is only necessary where a goal is likely to be scored, has been scored or a penalty is disputed.

In the case of Niasse, it would be a simple, the ref would say, "I saw contact on Niasse from my position, firstly penalty or no penalty. Secondly, was the contact the cause of the player going to ground." This would not have taken long to resolve and the answer would have been, " No penalty, Niasse went to ground without any contact to his legs and minor contact to the upper body". Yellow card for Niasse for simulation, free kick to Palace. I would add to this that if Niasse had gone down without any contact whatsoever then this should be a red card for simulation.

An alternative solution to the ref issue is to play the game as they do with basketball, with a leading ref in front of the game and a trailing ref behind the game. Either ref can make the call and if they have a difference of opinion then they discuss it before making their decision.

FA have now confirmed a 2 game ban. It doesn't help us much though!!

Well I guess it's obvious what we are thinking that the Niasse goal cannot stand ????

So 2-1 to Palace.

Points please FA.

This could run and run why bother going to the game in that case etc.

It's actually the only logical step to properly stop diving.

Who cares about a ban if you get the points. And how does a ban help the team who's lost the points.

Court action would show that only removing the cheated goal and points can rectify the situation.

Diving would stop over night.....

Although, it's never gonna happen.