Oh goody. When he explains it and they decide he's done wrong do we get awarded the three points?

I totally refute the allegation that Swarbrick cheated in not awarding a second yellow card.I will certainly defend Swarbrick against this charge.One can only speculate as to his thinking but it was certainly not influenced by any so called "Big club bias" or external influences and all that hogwash.

He will have to explain his decision as part of his post-match analysis.

Edited by Willo (01 Apr 2018 12.43pm)

Oh the infamous post match 'forensic examination' of his performance where absolutely nothing happens, all sit round with a cup of tea and a few digestives and have a good laugh about how we f***ed up another game between the big boys and the little boys? Referees should be made to explain their decisions, post match, like managers do and they should be subject to disciplinary procedures when they make 'big errors' such as not following the laws of the game (also see Clattenberg re chelsea spurs last season). Will never happen nor will VAR as it would just prove how bad some of them are!!

we do try willo but you can only see one side, the referees side, you never ever admit that they may have made an error (ok you say they make general errors, but you NEVER comment on one specific error, like mark in the cup final or yesterdays failure to award a second
yellow)
As you are so in the know, maybe you should enlighten us as to waht the post match meeting does, does any ref ever get disciplined (yeh we know about atwell) have their match fee withheld, get demoted or just plain sacked???

PS where was the rhetorical grandstanding?? I cant see it!

Edited by the silurian (01 Apr 2018 1.57pm)

OK thank you...so if at his assessment Swarbrick is adjudged to have made a big error, what is his likely punishment? A fine? Demotion for a game? Of course, he is being judged by other referees who will obviously see things from his perspective! We have witnessed 1 referee being demoted, 1 out of all the referees over the years! Not very stringent then is it! Other than your good self, Souness is the only other pundit who believes he was correct in not booking and sending off mane, hopefully next weeks referee will see any handball by a Palace player as a simple error and let it go with no punishment, but I wont be holding my breath!

I of course have never attended such a post-match analysis for obvious reasons but I do know how they are conducted.

Each PL game is assessed 'Forensically' by a former senior referee who scrutinises every decision using the match footage and 'ProZone' to measure the officials’ technical performance. Match delegates assess the accuracy and consistency of decision making and their management of the match.I understand it is a vigorous evaluation with no stone left unturned.

We have witnessed a referee being demoted and clearly if a referee was consistently not performing to standard he would be removed from the Elite list.