First of all we had this unbelievable idea of playing an extra league fixture ... somewhere out in the Wild Blue Yonder, which they insist "is not for the sake of profit".
Sadly for the FA ... every man (and his dog) saw through it.
Sepp Blatter, head of the governing body of football, almost choked on his tea when he was approached with the idea.
And last Thursday the FA decided not to turn up, when they were expected to present the idea to UEFA.
Then, on Saturday we saw an incident at Anfield when the referee got it sadly wrong. A Liverpool player grabbed a Boro player by the face; the Smoggie reacted; but only the Boro player was punished.
Grounds for an appeal? Well ... you would have thought so.
But when Boro challenged the three-match ban, the FA decided to increase it to FOUR matches!
Now Manchester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has revealed he decided not to appeal against Martin Petrov's red card because of what happened to Jeremie Aliadiere.
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Petrov will serve a three-match suspension after kicking out at Leon Osman during Monday's defeat to Everton.
Although Eriksson claimed the Bulgarian had been harshly treated, he has let the matter rest.
That is because Middlesbrough striker Aliadiere's ban was increased from three matches to four after he slapped Liverpool's Javier Mascherano.
Eriksson: "It is probably better not to appeal as that was a strange decision.
"If you make a bad tackle and injure someone then that is much more dangerous but perhaps the FA want to give examples to young people.
"They don't want you to put your hand in the face of another player or kick out, even if it is a small kick.
"I can understand that as we are models for young people, boys and girls.
"If they see players getting away with it, they might use those things, so it is up to us not to do it in the future."