We'll have to disagree then. I'm not used to poorer refs as I watch Premier League games all the time. They apply a different tolerance threshold in lower division games.
That's not what I said. Why should they let a Championship game flow more than a Premier League match? There's playing advantage - which is good - and there's failing to apply the laws of the game - which is bad. Both Christie and Barton would have been sent off in a Premier League match for...
Why is it that when they ref in the lower divisions, they approach it totally differently. Not complaining about Dunk's yellows - both to be expected - but the number of cynical fouls Christie committed, he should have gone well before that. Likewise, Barton in the Burnley game. Messrs Pawson...