Agreed, gazan. There have been a couple of matches this season where the opposition have sought to referee the match instead of the man in black, or green or whatever. Seems to me the longer the match goes on the more fed up the official gets with the constant moaning and just ignores pretty obvious fouls.

Rules exist that say that only the captain and the player(s) directly involved in the incident can speak to the referee, largely so that we don’t see repeats of Roy Keane, Stam and others surrounding the fella. One warning and then a yellow card for offenders should soon shut them up.