WHAT a great 3-1 win it was for Nottingham Forest over Leeds. Oh, wait a minute.
Thanks to a bungling linesman the Reds had to settle for a 1-1 draw, Matty Fryatt had to make do with one goal rather than a hat-trick, after having two perfectly good goals chalked off for offside.
Even the referees' assistants look like they need assistance to make the right decisions nowadays!
I don't think it would be a bad idea for fourth officials to be able to view video replays of goal incidents to make sure mistakes like the ones we saw at the City Ground don't happen.
I know some of them struggle to get the right number on those electronic boards when they're called upon to oversee substitutions, but it would be easy for them to see if a goal is a goal or if it is offside and tell the referee.
And Forest certainly don't need reminding how some fourth officials like to get in on the action.
I also don't think Leeds should have given a penalty in the in the second half that Billy Sharp converted.
Danny Fox was a bit silly to stick a leg out in the box, but I don't think he made contact with Sam Byram, who went down.
Bad decisions, ones that cost you victories, are the last thing the Reds and boss Stuart Pearce need right now as well.
A victory would have lifted them closer to the top six, but instead they are seven points adrift of the play-offs and 11 behind leaders Bournemouth ahead of a tough-looking trip to Middlesbrough on Boxing Day.
A draw just puts a bit more pressure on Pearce and his players.
