A breath of fresh air from Jamesey on the Burnley game: (quote)
Can I end this report by climbing on my soapbox and saying how boring the continual refereeing persecution complex has become.

Clever teams win matches despite officialdom decisions and it is up to canny players to overcome hurdles by avoiding fouls not look for them and expect free kicks and penalties.

Burnley didn’t win the game because of the refereeing. They won because they were far the better team on the day.

After the continual whinging, moaning and blame seemingly about EVERY referee when we lose a game this is saying it how it is and not 'what might have been if the ref. had done his job'

As the much maligned Willo continues to point out, referees are only human, have no benefit of video analysis, and react as they see it. To keep going on about 'anti Palace bias' and favouring the big teams
not to mention bribery and corruption is pathetic.

We have had the benefit of incorrect decisions over the season and proportionately more against us but that is the nature of refereeing. I urge anyone who hasn't actually done the job to give it a go and then, just maybe, they will understand how b----y difficult it is.

And don't get me started on the persecution of Hennessey! Refereeing and goalkeeping - sitting ducks for abuse.

Carry on Jamesey and Willo - two voices of common sense on the HOL.

In my opinion Jamesey and Willo are a couple of tedious glass half empty merchants who won't be happy until Palace are back playing in the Third Division South.

Correct. But I don't agree with him on this. No matter what you think about the outcomes of matches, the safety of our players is at stake.

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The Ferret
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This is correct - we were outclassed by a much less fatigued Burnley side all game. But if their keeper had been rightly sent off, the entire complexion of the game would have changed - and the complete lack of protection for Wilf throughout the game meant that one of our main attacking threats was nullified.

And consider the Spurs game - did Spurs outclass us on the day? They certainly did not, and had Wanyama been sent off as he should have been, we could have capitalised on our first-half dominance.

The attacks on referees lately might seem hyperbolic, but we've seen two absolutely shambolic refereeing displays in a row, and plenty of us were left seething.

Add me to the list but we try not to be tedious and as I remember the Third Division South (first game 1949) only too well I think I can say for the three of us we will be most unhappy, not to say devastated, if we don't maintain our PL status

Willo is very passionate about Palace, and has endured more stick than anyone else on HOL, and still has the guts to stick his neck out and give his opinion. Go Willo!