Quote Originally Posted by chris lee View Post
ideally yes you judge everyone the same, but referee's have the autonomy to and do use leniency as and when they see fit. I do believe there are occasions when leniency should be used, for example a slightly high foot that could arguably be a yellow or red.. in the first 5 minutes of the world cup final, then imo you should always give yellow, I believe the instance above is a similar circumstance, if your not 100% about sending off the player everyone is their to see right at the start of the game then don't do it
So some one takes another player out because of a reckless high foot but because it's in the first 5 mins of a big game he should have a yellow reminds me of that ridiculous decision Howard Webb made not sending off de Jong against Spain