Quote: Hessle Roader "Point taken. It does beg the question though, that if all referees carry the same amount of knowledge in their heads (having passed the necessary exams and learned the laws), why do we have such diverse interpretions. This, I believe, is the fans' main complaint. If every official dealt with incidents in exactly the same way, we would all understand. Regrettably this doesn't happen, hence the disquiet.'"
Probably because no two incidents are entirely identical and as I said in an earlier post: the ref has one angle of view and a split second to make that decision. There is not another single person in the stadium that has the same angle of view as the ref and he certainly doesn't have the benefit of replay and slo-mo.