Guarantee Mourinho is telling Hazard and Oscar and Costa in training that if they feel the slightest contact they need to go down.
Do I want Brendan coaching like that, no I don't, but I do think he needs to let guys like Coutinho and Sterling, etc... know that if they are getting bulllied...pushed, tugged, kicked, etc... they need to start going down to make light of it. What they can't do is turn into a Hazard where they are going down everytime they are remotely brushed against.
As for replay. I don't see why instant replay can't be used in a quick manner to determine if something heinous has been done. The amount of time a player is usually on the ground should be more than enough for a replay official to take a look and determine if there was intent, malice, etc.....
You don't want to be reviewing every single foul, but I'd think intelligent people could be trusted to determine when it was acceptable (like when the referee doesn't see it).
The other idea would be to add more officials on the sideline, add another referee to the game (one for each half for instance) and to give coaches a "challenge" where they can have an incident looked at. Give them one per game so that the game isn't slowed down.
In the NFL, coaches get 2 challenges to use during the game if they think a call was missed. There are guidlines on what can be challenged and it works pretty well.
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