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Knowing our luck, what are the chances that we will miss out on automatic promotion by two points?

Pawson’s failure to send off Barton cost us three points (the point that Burnley gained and the two that we did not gain). Had Barton seen red, Burnley would have been chasing the game with half an hour to go and with ten men. They would have lost the game. That Pawson should book Stockdale for...

Barton was in the ear of Pawson throughout the match. That alone was worthy of a booking. Then he commits GBH and gets away with it. Then our goalkeeper is booked for complaining about a push on Goldson for Burnley’s second equaliser. That beggars belief.

Clearly, Hughton and Kayal are simply being diplomatic and professional. You will not see our manager berating officials or complaining about decisions in a petulant, one-eyed fashion. One or two previous managers of ours, but not this one…