I agree that Warnock can use the ref to deflect awkward questions about him and his team's performance at times - it may have been a penalty at Birmingham, but he must have known that his sides performance was nowhere near good enough for a team that were top of the table at kick off.

However, Saturday seems to be the wrong game to use to bring this matter up on here because both managers and what has to be the very large majority of those in attendance must have had the same opinion about the ref's handling of the match - Warnock was justified in complaining about Martin.