More to the point is that it was not a coincidence, read through the posts and look what happened.
This cannot be allowed to happen, its as clear as day and Pawson should be struck off the list.
Poor display. The fact that he missed two really nasty fouls from Barton and didnt give a goal that was clearly over the line for Burnley is horrendous. WTF was he actually doing today.
THAT game against Burnley 4 or 5 odd years ago he is content dishing out the cards, this time around he can only muster a solitary yellow to a goalkeeper
There genuinely were a couple of times when the ball was in play that the ref was looking the other way, because he was running along talking to Barton. Unbelievable. Barton should have been on such a fine line by the time he 'trod' on Kayal that he'd have been off anyway. What happened to the days when a ref would have told him who was in charge and to button it - and then book him 30 seconds later if he kept mouthing off. He made a complete mug of Pawson with his behaviour throughout and his 'reeling them in' gesture at the end showed just how much he'd enjoyed being allowed to take the p*** throughout by disrupting the flow.
Pawson should be struck off immediately, totally inept, inconsistent and unable. Surely the Club should have their say.
A complete disgrace and liability to refereeing at any level.