Hard one to either agree with or disagree, although in the football rules

it is simple, that a player cannot leave the field of play without permission

That alone makes the referee blameless for being a killjoy or whatever

He was foolish for doing it on a yellow card, and he faced an official that in the rules acted

Chelsea and the media can moan all day about it, but the ref would be criticised for following the book

Posted By: pants, Jan 15, 19:04:26