[Statesideowl]

Ref has his demotion to ref a few L2 games. I don't forsee any immediate benefit to Wednesday or rule changes happening this season.

This complaining while fully justified is about as useful as pissing down your leg - immediate relief and about 5 mins of a warm feeling but then it disappears.

True, Washington.

It's good to vent and get it out though, it's a cathartic process

Retribution against the referee for making a mistake is pointless. Two things need addressing.

1) Fairness & Equity meaning that the yellow card is quashed & FF isn't punished again when clearly the victim in this case. He has already been punished by not getting a free kick, Hull City getting a free kick & getting sent off.

2) Re-training and coaching of the referee to ensure that he doesn't make mistakes like this again.

Both these issues should already have been addressed by the FA.

I can only disagree in the sense of this being about vengeance on the referee. At best he was horrendously incompetent and applied a cognitive bias. At worst he cheated. Is the truth somewhere in between?
Either way there should be standards to which officials are held accountable. Zero accountability leads to utter indignation & indifference with regards to applying law, imo. "Go away out of sight for a bit" teaches the referee nothing and still leaves us Fcuked over.

Though I think we're essentially saying the same thing I do believe we're coming at from opposite angles