Howard Webb continually references acknowledgement of - not even apologies for - officiating errors as though we should be grateful for the admission. No, it’s the bare minimum. “We felt it was important that we acknowledged an error in this situation.” Did you? Why, thank you, that’s so kind. The repetitive “we want to ensure that we are transparent and open” line is also nonsense. Individuals get briefly taken off duty for mistakes, but there‘s no accountability when it comes to the organisation itself and Webb. Systemic problems with how officials are trained and the lack of alignment gets ignored, along with the long-reported culture of fear and intimidation. The real acknowledgement should be clearly and obviously fixing these overarching issues.