[madsteve]

Deliberate hand ball As his face slid through the mud?

What farking replay do these arseholes watch? Just once through in real time and that's it, decision made.

The more rule changes we make, the more inept and useless these clowns will be at enforcing them correctly. They haven't improved at all since we implemented 4th officials and headsets.

Have enquired why it was a red card & the answer given is that Hutch made no attempt to play the ball. My argument would be with the wording of the rules. Surely it should only be a red card if the defender deliberately brings down the attacker. IMO, Hutch fouled the player by accident so it should have been a yellow card morally, although apparently the red card was correct by the rules.

The ref knew he'd messed up hence the 'levelling up' 30 seconds later. He'll never (nor will the authorities) admit that this is the case though  

I have messaged Keith Hackett for his view so hopefully I might have a better informed opinion in a few days. If I get one, I will post it.