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Then you're fundamentally not understanding the point I was making. "No wonder you've won the league after spending all those parachute payments!" £0 parachute payments spent. Now, had the criticism been "You've been able to spend £55m! of course you should be in the race for the title!"...

I echo the relief that we're out of this league. More because of the appalling standard of refereeing than anything else. Maybe the coverage too. Oh and the punditry. And the disdain tv companies show fans of clubs by switching the Brighton v Newcastle game to a Tuesday night. Seriously...

Why's that?

Newcastle getting promoted at the first time of asking with a great manager at the helm. Hughton getting promoted and getting the credit he richly deserves but seems uncomfortable receiving. Sunderland going down as one of the worst Premier League sides of the past 20yrs or so and looking...

Whey, they're shite aren't they. Now, when we went down, the tremors were felt in the antipodes! ;)

I don't think Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Hull going down while Brighton, Newcastle and Hudd/Leeds/Sheff go up is any great shift of power to the South. Not least because Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Hull are about as "powerful" as a wet fart. Their absence doesn't exactly send the Northern...

Sunderland are in a horrible state and it's hard not to take a lot of pleasure from that. Best players will go for buttons, squad players will go for nothing (contract and loan deals ending), no money to buy the kind of quality they'd need to assure them of top spots, a disenfranchised fanbase...

Consensus from the Geordies I know is that we're chuffed for Hughton. He was treated appallingly by our owner and will always be warmly regarded by the fans. Until he orchestrates a 1-0 away victory at St James' park that consigns us to relegation again. :down: Also, the title is yours now and...

Aston Villa - Will likely have comfortably the best squad in the 2nd tier and a manager with experience of the league. Norwich - will have a strong side, will be under huge pressure to get back to the Premier League trough asap so may spend to achieve that. 4 from Huddersfield/Reading/Sheff...

Why do they have to agree? Referee has authority, he can override the other officials. As he has done, as he will do going forward. Re: the time, that was the first use of the technology in a competitive game so I'd expect the process & technology to improve in efficacy. Also, if less than a...

How long does it take you to pause and rewind the tv like? And if they've any sense, they'll use a dial, rather than buttons to the 4th official can better manipulate the incident frame by frame. Why? Straight reds for tackles from behind hasn't lead to red cards for any tackle, getting rid of...

That's an argument for reviews. It doesn't remove the human instinct, insight and judgement. It remains the decision of the referee as you can't yet rely on technology to say whether a collision was illegal or not. The Referee will benefit from seeing the incident, in slow motion, from (I'm...

Well, the panel of experts judged that Shelvey wasn't guilty of a red card offence, the gif clearly shows he's not guilty of violent behaviour (it's a tangle of legs, not a stamp or a kick), nor serious foul play. So I fail to see exactly why you think the panel got it wrong? You seem to suggest...

The video-technology won't be used for fouls, for throw-ins, for goal kicks man. It'll be used for the big decisions that the ref isn't sure on. Also, bear in mind that referees are egomaniacs, so even if there's a highly contentious decision there'd be no rule that the Ref a ) will review, b )...

Nah, both of our teams are going up automatically. We're 10 and you're 12 points clear of 3rd place with 18pts to go. Huddersfield have mixed form at the minute, 9pts from a possible 24. That 1.5 PpG should get them around 83 points and even if they win every game they'll end up on about 92...

Which contentious decisions don't result in a break of play and can't be pulled back after brief consultation during play? We've all seen refs put their hand to their ear as the linesman advises on an incident, how would this be different?

I'm not sure I follow, why would play go on for 2 minutes before the review takes place? If the contentious decision is followed by open play, the ref can still immediately ask the 4th official "Is that worth a review?" and when there's a stoppage in play either bring the ball back or carry on...

To send off you have to be sure that Shelvey was kicking at Lansbury. I don't think you can be sure of that, and the review board agree.

The fluid nature of football is often used as an argument against the introduction of video-technology, but hasn't the goalline system proven that it needn't be so? I certainly wouldn't have a number of challenges available to either team. Surely teams would simply begin to use those reviews...

Kicking without hitting anyone isn't a red card offence. What you mean is kicking with the intent to strike someone is violent behaviour or serious foul play and I don't disagree. What's happened though is another Brighton fan has miquoted me (in what I can only assume is) an effort to...