Quote Originally Posted by jnc90 View Post
True, but when a group of professionals, ex refs and ex players are pretty much unanimous in they're opinons, the opinions of those who disagree from their armchairs are pretty worthless.
You really must appreciate that everything is simply not black & white.

Why did the FA come out with a statement backing the decisions of the officials?

Probably because one of their laws had been questioned by many who do have a credible opinion.

However your judgement of the opinions of others is rather blinkered in the context of the 1st penalty yesterday.

Had the referee not given the penalty, you can be sure that the FA would have backed him.