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English refs are no better. Every week there are quite remarkable decisions given or not given down there. The only difference is we neither dwell on them too long (because they are simply an Alan Hansen rant on MotD or an Andy Gray moan on Sky) or (probably more importantly) we dont directly feel the impact.
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I think that they should just introduce an appeal system similar to what they have put into tennis. Let each side in a game have 3 appeals to a video ref and let them decide. You keep your appeals if you're right, but lose them if you're wrong. It can only be asked for by the captain who can alert the ref who lets play run until the ball goes out of play. You can't appeal after a decision for something before (ie you can't say "you've given a penalty, but someone nudged me before I'm appealing") but you can appeal a decision when it's made. The more times it is shown that a ref gets it wrong, the easier it would be to stop them refereeing games and having a negative impact on the game. Let the retired refs do the video reffing, so at least that way you wouldn't lose their experience from the game.
If that system was in place, McCurry would have been out of football years ago because he's always been fucking shite.
This is something I've never been for previously because of the divide it creates between the places where this is possible in the top leagues and lower level football, but I've had enough of it after this season. When I watch a game, and even though I start by wanting a team to lose to help my own team, and end up wanting them to win because they've been so badly treated by a ref, that's just wrong and it's making a mockery of the sport.