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That's the one! Any attempt to change it is likely to run into the 'if other teams do it so should we' mentality (again, like diving, time wasting etc.).

Would be good wouldn't it? Sadly, it's now accepted as 'part of the game', so any club doing so would likely have to endure a small fan backlash from those who believe they're missing out on decisions (the same subset who see diving as an acceptable part of the game). It'd last until the...

Which bit? A club taking responsibility for players actions (especially after publicly slating an official) or a referee going off the rails in a spectacular, yet amusing, fashion?

Considering the endless grief a referee can get off of players it's a miracle someone hasn't gone conpletely off the rails as it is. Personally, I'm looking forward to Southampton leading the charge into a new era of professionalism by publicly admonishing any of their players for future...