Ref Watch: Should both Rogers and Palmer have been sent off?

INCIDENT: Rangers missed the chance to go top of the table when they drew 2-2 with Dundee, but could they have had a penalty when the ball hit Dundee defender Ryan Astley's arm? DERMOT SAYS: "It hits his arm, but that's all it does. He's in the position you expect him to be. "It hits him too close, tucked in. It comes up off the ground into his body. Everything that's not in the tick box."

INCIDENT: Tonda Eckert left absolutely fuming after Southampton missed out on a penalty for handball in their goalless draw with Bolton. Referee Matt Donohue waved away claims that the ball hit Ruben Rodrigues's arm. DERMOT SAYS: I would suggest if there is anyone in this building who does not think that was a handball, can they explain to me why it was a goal kick?

Something must have diverted the cross so it went out of play and I would be wondering what has that hit for it to go out for a corner... When you see it from behind, maybe the ref could not see through the players, but the assistant is looking across. JAY BOTHROYD SAYS: That decision is shocking!

The referee is right there and can see that, the linesman is there and can see that and every single player on that pitch can see it was handball. His arm was above his head and the ball has gone out, so what has it hit? That is embarrassing, they should be getting that right. TIM SAYS: He caught it!

INCIDENT: To Craven Cottage where Fulham beat Hull, which came despite a red card to Ryan Sessegnon in the 94th minute after his studs caught the calf of Hull's Robinio Vaz. DERMOT SAYS: "I saw one of these last season with Van Dijk against Tottenham [on Simons], but the difference here is Sessegnon had him in his sights for a long time."

He can't win that ball because the player [Vaz] has been really clever and got himself between him and the ball. He goes down his card with his studs so it's inevitable that he gets a red card." JAY BOTHROYD SAYS: "I know Ryan, he's not the type of player that's going to try and hurt someone.

He's tried to put his foot down and he's mis-timed wherever he's putting his foot and he's stepped on the back of Vaz's Achilles." But when you show it slowly, you think it's a terrible challenge." TIM SHERWOOD SAYS: "I think it's harsh. When you slow it down, he's got his studs on his calf, but if we're talking about consistency, he has to send him off.

INCIDENT: Leeds against Manchester United was a feisty affair as Darren England tried to let the game flow at Elland Road. Gabriel Gudmundsson was given a yellow card for a challenge on Andrey Santos, but could it have been a red? DERMOT SAYS: I can only try and second guess the referee, it is not a nice tackle, but I can only assume that because he was so close, he has not got the speed and intensity.

It is up there on his Achilles and if you make that challenge, you are going to run the risk of a red card all the time. JAY BOTHROYD SAYS: That would be a yellow card. He has not intentionally tried to do that, he is trying to change direction, he is too slow to it to put his foot down and change direction and he has put his foot on the back of his Achilles, but I would not call that a tackle.

If they had given him a straight red for that, I would say that is unfortunate.

INCIDENT: EthanAmpadu appealed for a penalty when he was brought down by Harry Maguire after a corner. Maguire has his arm round him but VAR did check and clear the incident.DERMOT SAYS: "They tangle up together. The No5 for Leeds also grabs Maguire so he brings him back to bring his teammate down. All in all, play on."

INCIDENT: Was Palmer lucky not to get a second yellow card in second-half stoppage time? DERMOT SAYS: "He is chasing the ball, he goes in - does he whack him? I am not so sure, he catches him and if we give a yellow card for every bit of physical contact, we are going to sanitise the game."

TIM SAYS: "When the full back is clearing the ball up the line, when a striker comes across, nine times out of 10 it is a yellow card and it should have been then."

INCIDENT: At St James' Park, Sven Botman was booked along with Joelinton by Jarred Gillett in the same sequence of play after Botman challenged Nicolas Jackson. There was a VAR review but it was not upgraded to a red card. DERMOT SAYS: "I think it's a red card. It's got everything for a red card tackle - it's got speed, intensity, he scissors him."

I also think if the referee chose to, he could have avoided that. The Joelinton tackle is a yellow card and he gets one quite rightly." But if you penalise that, hit the whistle and yellow card, the second one doesn't happen. There is a reasonable amount of time between the two. "There's the speed he comes at, the distance he travels, the fact that he has maximum intensity."

JAY BOTHROYD SAYS: "That and the Joelinton challenge are out of frustration because Aston Villa are playing really well." Botman is more violent conduct than a headbutt [from Yehor Yarmoliuk]. He could have broken his leg. That's pins and plates in your leg is his shin [Jackson's] is on the floor."

INCIDENT: During the game, a free-kick was given to Everton, but Cole Palmer, who was booked for dissent later in the game, booted the ball high into the air, but was not given a yellow card for time-wasting. DERMOT SAYS: "The argument is he's kicking the ball back to where it should be because the game stopped for a free kick on the edge of the area, so he's kicking it back to Jordan Pickford."

But if he gets a yellow card, he's not going to have much argument whatsoever." I didn't say it wasn't a yellow card. If you do that, you run such a risk and how you get away with that, I don't know." JAY BOTHROYD SAYS: "I've seen people throw the ball up in the air and get yellow cards. He's launched the ball up in the air about 40 yards but because it's gone back to where it was, it's not a yellow card?"

That's definitely a yellow. There's no doubt about that."

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