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Agree that they got almost every 50/50 decision in their favour... some remarkable ones. But sometimes it is/feels like that. Against Bournemouth it was the other way around - whoever the bloke was, he could practically have been mentioned in the Brighton lineup. Oddly no one here seemed to have...

The guy was defo (quite justified) whining about Caicedo when he lost the ball, feigned injury and they got their first decent chance.

Yeah would be a good experience for sure.

I've been a ref for a handful of games and found it harder than being a coach or a player. Any manager or player who moans about refs should be forced to ref a couple of grassroots games to get a better understanding of the job.

I am using the same "silly arguments" as Bozza: namely that punishing teams for getting head injuries is a bad solution. Why are you not calling his arguments silly? I've made four posts in this thread today. As many as you, so who the f*** are you to criticise my number of posts?

Which happens very rarely, while genuine less severe head injuries happens nearly every game. Would spending five minutes on the sideline (without being allowed to make a sub) prevent brain damage? If he's obviously brain damaged, is it fair you can't replace him for five minutes? If he's brain...

Fine. And the other arguments? Ok, so if Adam Webster blocks a shot with his head (or a Palace fan throws a coin at him), goes down for a minute and the docs come and have quick look at him and wants to sub him immediately or get him on the pitch again, but aren't allowed to do that for five...

You can do it without anyone noticing it or being able to claim it was deliberate. In comes the corner, you get up to head it but know that neither you or your opponent will get the ball and just put your forehead in the temple of the opponent and there you go, five minutes 11 vs 10. But not...

Ok, so what exactly should he have done to prevent Fulham players from going down clutching their heads? What he did yesterday was to follow the laws of the game = stopping play when someone go down with (alleged) head injuries. You might say its his job to prevent it but you could also argue...

If Fulham fake head injuries five or six times and the ref follows the rules and stop the play, maybe the problem is Fulham rather than the ref. Maybe its time to realise that pretty much everyone in the Premier League is trying to make it as difficult as possible to officiate games properly...