I felt it was a penalty when Snodgrass made contact with Zaha. As for Benteke, probably the referee felt that contact was made with the ball before he went to ground.

Even Pardew refused to apportion any blame to the referee and understood why it was given.

To be totally honest I don't really give a jot if you give any consideration to my views.

At the end of the day I make an honest assessment of refereeing decisions and try to understand them from his perspective, recognising all the time that he does not have the luxury of "Slow-Mos" from different angles.It is only natural that at times referees will err from time to time whereas commentators and pundits availing of technology will always be right - surprise,surprise.

Because if he'd have said the ref got it wrong and was awful he'd be writing a cheque out to the FA. Gives a dive 1st half and waves away a trip on Benteke 2nd half. Inconsistent, poor refereeing which, in this age of technology should never be happening. The quicker football catches up with times the better.

"They got his own song 'He's just too good for you', it's quite unbelievable but when you see it and he's facing up someone - I actually feel sorry for them, 'Cos he actually is" - Ian Holloway

Oh look, here's Willo to tell us all that even this most outrageous of decisions was actually reasonable. Three times in one match is not "from time to time".

Pardew said what he said because he gets fined if he calls it as it is, as you know perfectly well. "It's hard for the ref" is what coaches have to say when they mean "the ref f***ed that right up".

How you're not boiling with rage at Jones' performance yesterday beats me. If I did my job like that I'd be sacked.

Edited by chateauferret (11 Dec 2016 11.17am)

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If you really don't care if anybody considers what you have to say then I do not understand why you post so often. I have never criticised one of your posts before I was just trying to explain that there must be occasions when you think the referee hasn't done as well as he might and if you were to document these occasionally your support for referees might get a better response. So do you think yesterdays referee had a good game?

Equally, pundits have the same advantages over the players too and criticise them as much or perhaps more often than referees. Would you rather there weren't pundits?