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Originally Posted by mthead

But the ex players know the little tricks that go on that ref's dont see.

An experienced referee will also know about those little tricks even if they don’t see them at the time. They will on other occasions. The point is that a referee or the assistant can only view an incident from one angle, their own and have to make a decision on that view, but TV cameras will see things from several different angles. However the solution would then be to have a panel of referees and players, with referees in the majority.