On Mark Halsey
......By Agent86 Let’s be clear on three things first. I've only refereed one match. It was an U-12 game in 1990-something I only saw the last 15 minutes of the Liverpool vs. Manchester United match yesterday Players win or lose games but referee decisions matter Broadcasters should put up some indication of when a team is playing a man short because of a red card. With modern graphics/technology, how difficult would that be? Mind, just from the flow of the match at the point I started watching, it was a little hard to tell that the teams were not even numbers-wise. That is typical of a match where the home team is down, attacking, and playing with more urgency than the team that is trying to “kill off” the game. Very late into added time, Luis Suarez was fouled near the United penalty area, maybe five meters wide of the box and certainly not close enough to pose a significant threat to the United goal. Nevertheless, he was fouled. Liverpool kept possessio...