Quote Originally Posted by Yesterday Once More View Post
Instead of being needlessly insulting try to provide a plausible reason why it will 'sometimes" favour the team disadvantaged by the original offence which went unpunished on the day....
Sometimes we'll be disadvantaged by the rule (as in the Zaha case you presented) and sometimes we'll benefit by facing teams deprived of a player who has been retrospectively banned for a dive against one of our direct competitors.

I can't think of much in the universe simpler than this concept. You may think that on balance it still isn't the optimum solution, but that's a separate conversation