There needs to be a review process for penalties/ red cards

You're exactly right. And I'm surprised that rule changes like these aren't brought up more often.

In a sport where you routinely see deception/cheating by a player towards his opponent, in order to have that player thrown out of the game, you just have to implement some sort of replay system to get the calls right. Going down a man in soccer, given the restrictions on substitutions and just simply how the flow of games operate, 11 v 10 is basically game over. The subjective nature of how these rules are carried out by the referees leaves so much room for error, and then ridicule of a ref who doesn't have the luxury of seeing the play in slow motion and from more than one angle in real time. It's not fair to the officials that a more logical system isn't in place to help them get calls right. Players are bigger, faster, stronger, and better at deceiving referees than they've ever been. And it's only getting worse.

These leagues and tournaments have gotten so big and generate so much revenue, there's no excuse for the governing bodies not to exercise whatever means necessary to get these calls right. The results of a wrongly given red, yellow, or penalty, change games, seasons, and maybe even who ends up winning the league. And because of the way soccer leagues determine a champion through a points tally for wins, losses, and draws. there's less room for error than, say, an American League, where a team may still have a shot at a title through the playoff system, even if a bad call or 2 results in a loss that may drop the team in the regular season standings.

The Naughton call was obviously a pen. But the subsequent red was absolutely ridiculous. One if the worst decisions I've seen in a long time.

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The Naughton call was obviously a pen. But the subsequent red was absolutely ridiculous. One if the worst decisions I've seen in a long time.

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The ruling was he was the last man denying a clear scoring chance. By the law of the game he should be sent off.

How long does it take to set up for a PK? 1-2 minutes? I think they should have a replay official either in the stadium or in a location where he can see all the games, like the NHL does. Once the ref blows the whistle for the penalty, the replay official has until the kick is taken to relay to the ref , preferably by their headsets, that he made the wrong call. He can then just take away any card, issue a card to someone that dove, and give the free kick to the defending team.

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The ruling was he was the last man denying a clear scoring chance. By the law of the game he should be sent off.

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The fact that tthe ball was sailing over the crossbar is what denied the scoring chance. If ball is on frame, it doesn't even hit Naughton's hands.

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The fact that tthe ball was sailing over the crossbar is what denied the scoring chance. If ball is on frame, it doesn't even hit Naughton's hands.

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You still don't get it

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The ruling was he was the last man denying a clear scoring chance. By the law of the game he should be sent off.

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You can cite whatever rule you want. It was still an awful call.

Won't argue with you. Hell, I don't like that a red card puts a team a man down.

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Not trying to be a dick but did you play soccer and if you did was it past the age of 12?

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You've asked this dick question before, and I ignored it because I didn't want to give up too much about myself, but yes. I played club past that age, and then I quit because I played Varsity at a very competitive high school. To give you an idea, they went to the state championship a year after I graduated. But maybe my poor knowledge of the game held us back.

And since Mauricio Pochettino agrees with me, I guess he didn't play soccer past the age of 12...

I barely play FIFA, and multiple people disagree with you, but whatever. You just keep saying you are right, and I'm stupid.

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denying the opposing team a goal or an obvious goalscoring opportunity by deliberately handling the ball (this does not apply to a goalkeeper within his own penalty area)

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I and many others can clearly see that the handball was not deliberate, although FIFA and the FA have always had a different meaning of "deliberate." I think the big point is that it was no longer a goalscoring opportunity once the shot was taken (it was headed over the bar).

During the weird Ox handball last year, which WAS intentional, they rescinded the red card because the ball was off target. LINK

The penalty was correct; the red card was not. I will bump this thread when the FA rescinds the card, and you will say they were wrong too, but that's fine.