Mark McGhee is hoping for a more "tolerant" referee for their Clydesdale Bank Premier League game against St Johnstone after the performance of match official Steven Nicholls dominated last week's defeat at Hibernian.
Nicholls' display proved to be the biggest talking point of the day when he showed red cards to Maurice Ross and Chris Maguire and cautioned six other players as the Dons ended the match with nine men.
McGhee admits the referee did stick to the letter of the law but has called for more common sense in future, with Euan Norris set to take control of their match with Saints on Saturday.
"I think the referee was entitled within the rules to interpret all the bookings the way he did," he said. "Technically speaking, all of them could have been bookings and therefore he was entitled to send players off.
"What I would hope was that referees would look at it slightly differently and would be less inclined to book for such trivial and petty challenges.
"I hope for a more tolerant kind of referee, that's what I would hope for."
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MCGHEE!!! SHUT UP YOURE BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
McGhee should be taking it out on his own players who are letting him down badly. All designed to deflect attention from the facts ... that his team are talentless & toothless.
I take it McGhees common sense approach is that the sheep clog and just get a warning,i was at the game and watched the highlights, the referee was right.Ross was at it long enough before he was booked and the diddy carried on. Mcguire studded when he was sent off i could imagine the screams from McGhee if the boot was on the other foot or is this to hide the fact him and his team are noy up to it and a plea for refs to let them of with murder and just penalise the other team
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