[thenry]

the attacking team is always given the advantage, yup of course they are. its incredible that Englands small group of "proper" faithful moan about teams like Arsenal not helping Englands international squad improving yet the rules in place don't exactly play in favor of the International game. Defenders will have to show pure quality to overcome dangers without pulling shirts etc. and as a result aid them become better players all of which will benefit the game as a whole at all levels unless we see a huge amount of players not being able to play because their not able to show pure quality. basically the the rules and stance is protecting flops. refs taking this stance are killing the game as much as having video technology in place would yet neither is even remotely being discussed.