27 December 2007

Appealing decisions post-match

Unsurprisingly, there are some appeals taking place following the Chelsea v Aston Villa match yesterday in which, depending on who you talk to, there was a penalty given that wasn't (on Ballack), a free-kick given that wasn't (which Ballack scored from), and a second penalty given that wasn't (Cole's "handball"). Here's an idea...why don't we resolve some or all of these decisions at the time rather than wasting time afterwards. If, for example, the ball is found to have hit Cole in the chest, he may not be banned, but Chelsea don't get the extra 2 points back.

At what point is the appeals panel going to suggest that they could view the appeals at the time ensuring that decisions are correct and saving all this unecessary and unfair retrospective guff.

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