THE FA have got it half right by taking no further action against David O'Leary for his angry outburst at officials following Graeme Le Saux's horror tackle last weekend.

The Leeds boss was dismissed from the dug out by referee Paul Durkin and faced being hit with a prolonged touchline ban by an FA disciplinary panel for angily hitting out at the officials' failure to send Le Saux off.

In a rare incidence of common sense prevailing in football, Durkin admitted after seeing the video that he misread the situation and should have sent Le Saux off.

What is wrong with this picture? Clearly it's that Le Saux has been found to have committed a sending off offence but still doesn't get the punishment that fits the crime.

Having gone half way to dishing out the correct justice, the FA should go the whole hog and belatedly ban Le Saux for three games.

In not doing so the FA give the feeble excuse that retrospective action can be taken against players by the FA's video advisory panel only when referees have not seen incidents.

What difference does it make whether a referee didn't see an incident or saw it and got it wrong? It's still the same offence and deserves the same punishment.