RateTheRef

Sorry Grahamexref, I've only just re-surfaced after my celebratory weekend (and not just the Palace). Stand corrected but I imagine my weekend was more celebratory than yours....? 

And so to Lee Probert. In my view, he had a reasonable game. One blatant shirt pull by a Burnley player in the first half which I felt justified a yellow card (not given), although it was in midfield. This was highlighted later by a Palace yellow which was given just below me on the touchline for a 'nothing' challenge. Other yellow cards were fine. A tendency to nit-pick about the position of free kicks and throw-ins in midfield, which surprised me with Lee, but I've seen this already this season at Gresty Road, so perhaps the refs have been told to toughen up on this, I don't know.

So the Palace scored at last from open play at home and won, so two reasons to celebrate for the great majority of fans at the game. And Burnley? Sorry Graham but they were simply dreadful.

My far-flung friends and I have pencilled in our next visit to see the Palace - Burnley at Turf Moor on 2nd March. Hope they're starting to dust down the meat pies at the Cricket Club.