Players can be booked for ungenitalmanly conduct - e.g. continuing to play/score after the ref blows his whistle for offside, kicking the ball into Row Z just to waste time, keeper takes too long to kick a dead ball back into play, etc., etc. Strange that the ref apparently can't stop play though when it's happening in a slightly different form right in front of his eyes.

Yes he has to be able to differentiate between a diver trying to take the piss and a genuine injury, however it was the bell end with the flag at Bellend Road that apparently saw the "punch" that floored Bamford and got the Villa player wrongly sent off. Will he be sent to Specsavers for an hour or two of eye tests? Will he 'eckerslike.

We have done all season Devon - that's one reason why we're bottom of the league and one of the reasons why Wagner decided he'd had enough. At their imperfect best they are bloody useless full time so called professionals and at their worst they are as biased as they come. That and our forwards couldn't score in the local red light district brothel (the new chap Karlan Grant excepted) even when it's laid (layed? ) on a plate for them. The players know what they are like, some are just far better at playing up to it than others and will always be encouraged to do so by their managers/coaches who watch the 3 blind mice's overall performance in games just as much as the oppositions way of playing when planning for their next game.