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That was the game, where Barton was chatting along with him all game. The players know which refs are soft touches.

Several journalists have commented that the O'Riley incident, on first sight looked more of a penalty than either of Newcastle's first two, and would most likely not have been overturned by VAR.

Sure. But how often is that rule applied now? If the ref is putting down a marker, that this game is going to be reffed to that particular level. Then he needs to apply it consistently.

There has always been an unconscious bias from Prem refs towards the "big" clubs. We see it every week. I would say it equates to about a 55/45 advantage for the bigger clubs. Kevin Friend was always the worst for it, with closer to a 60/40 split, it seemed. Yesterday pushed that normal level...

Definitely the worst this season. But yeah, nothing will ever top THAT Attwell performance (I hope)

Welbeck was pushed to the ground from behind, in the second half. A lesser challenge by Minteh 20 seconds later was immediately given as a freekick. Welbz let Pawson know what he felt about it, and then followed up on a similarly inconsistent call to get his yellow. If Welbz is telling you...

I was pretty confident the 2nd was going to be over-turned from my view of it in the North Stand.

As bad as the Atwell performance. The Burn, non-foul was incredible. The inconsistency in fouls given was ludicrous. He probably had no choice but card Welbeck. Hopefully for calling him a cheating ****. If you're going to rile up Welbz, then you've had a shocker.