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I think the problems with the penalty decisions and Houstons statements  that things even out, are the importance of the games involved. I think we were lucky to get a penalty at their place. However if it hadn't been given the likely outcome would have been yet another draw. The consequence of that would be they would have had 2 points more and us 2 less. We would still have finished third and the Bairns second.....no change there. However the decision last night which in my mind was a lot more obvious as a penalty has probably cost us a chance of promotion.......a much greater consequence .

All teams get poor decisions and none more so than here in Scotland where the refs are fairly poor at best. I am a believer that decisions do even themselves out over a season of league football but in one off games it is harder to tolerate.

Games don't even out exeterhibby! This is one of these irritating rhetorical comments that are said by certain footie suspects to suit their own argument. The soft pen that Houston raised in his interview is irrelevant IMO and it suits his narrow argument down to the ground! The man's indiscretionary behaviour/manner is ludicrous in this day n age and he'll never change! Re that no pk fiasco last night, on bbc radio sport this morning Alan Muir was 'slaughtered' by two different ex refs who studied the footage but they were also highly critical of the guy being anywhere near this Hibs match last night mainly because of the controversy that covered his previous officialdom at the Falkirk stadium - as stated, there were other ref options available to the SFA but they never went for a more appropriate candidate who had no qualms re previous incidents of any note - IMO that pragmatic view was spot on!!