Re: Mrs Oli say's Guilty
JimIn the days of increasing dependence on the technology at their disposal via VAR and the like, this policy of "the ref saw it so there's nothing to be done" seems well past it's sell-by date.
The game no longer relies on one person's split-second view of any given incident, so things like this assault should no longer be allowed to go unpunished if on review there is a clearer view of what really happened.
Surely this will be brought up to date in the close season.
The biggest issue there really, is the complete refusal to accept that the ref - at a particular angle at full speed...might not have got it quite right.
Him saying "Well I saw it and didn't think there was anything in it..." won't really do in this situation. Refusing to acknowledge that a human being might have made a mistake is a bit daft.