It has been another bad week for referees. Chris Foy (Stoke vs. Tottenham) and Mark Clattenburg (Chelsea vs. Manchester City) became the latest to be blamed for the defeats of Spurs and City by, unsurprisingly, the losing managers.

While it is far easier to pass judgment from an armchair having watched incidents in slow motion from various angles, too many penalties and red cards have been missed plus incorrectly disallowed goals. At Premier League level, match officials could reasonably be expected to get it right.

Needless to say, most critics just put the boot to the referee, who is always a convenient scapegoat who can cover up the shortcomings of the losing side. So step forward Harry Redknapp, manager of Spurs and the people's favorite to succeed Fabio Capello as England manager, with the solution.