Disgusting, who cares if the ref saw it, its a fucking disgusting challenge. We all know if it was Rooney etc then they'd be an uproar, I hope the club sues the FA and Wigan for it, utterly disgusted.
4th offical has a tv monitor and reviews the play after goals etc. Simple as fuck to implement and would have little to no effect on the flow of the game. Not that this very simple idea will be used as FA/UEFA/FIFA are fucking dinosaurs who have taken years to use goal line technology.
I've been all over the world and never seen any mackems, yet there are always geordies/toon shirts in bars/pubs in the most far flung places around the world.
Under the rules of football is swearing an offence? If I was a ref and someone told me to fuck off I'd red card them.
Referees need more support through replays and technology there is no way they can see everything, the fact fifa wont use technology shows how backwards they are.