The Norwich manager also had grounds for claiming that too many games are being determined by questionable refereeing decisions. And it is not just in the Championship!
Ask Hull City fans about the two goals Liverpool scored at Anfield last Saturday and they will confirm that each of them was preceded by an unpunished foul by a Liverpool player, which the referee either did not see, or chose to ignore because the offence was committed in front of the Kop.
If anyone is capable of fixing a football match, surely the person with the ideal opportunity to do so must be the one with the whistle, regardless of whether or not his name happens to be Kettle.
However, in fairness to referees, it does seem ridiculous to deny them access to replays, when in many grounds the fans, as well as managers and the press, have that technology available to them, sometimes on a large screen!
While on the subject of enforcing the laws of the game, am I alone in thinking the offside rule has become a bit of a nonsense? In the old days, if defenders saw an opponent in a offside position they could safely assume that he was there in order to gain an advantage and would therefore be penalised once his team played the ball forward.
Under the current interpretation of the offside rule, provided a player pretends not to be gaining an advantage by being offside, he can easily distract defenders by his presence, thereby allowing one of his team mates to race through from an onside position and score a goal.
This is exactly what happened at Vicarage Road last week when a poor clearance from David Marshall was headed into the Norwich half of the pitch resulting in Watford's first goal.
Once again I am at one with Glenn Roeder in being amazed that the Canaries managed to dominate a game, but end up without even a point to show for all their hard work.
In spite of the result it was refreshing to be back at a club which, like Norwich City, has deservedly built up a reputation for providing a friendly atmosphere on match days.
By coincidence, the day before I travelled down to Watford, I came across a new initiative called: "Fans of the Future". This reminds me of the SAFE - Soccer As Family Entertainment - Project, which I co-ordinated for the FA and the League back in the Eighties.
In fact, in 1986 SAFE and Watford Football Club were among five recipients of a Good News Award. The other three winners were Sir Stanley Rous, Liam Brady and Bruce Grobbelaar.
If "Fans of the Future" - sponsored by the energy company: E.ON - is as successful as I hope it will be, our national game should have a bright future, and I look forward to highlighting the achievements of participating clubs in forthcoming Canary Talk articles - starting perhaps with Saturday's visitors to Carrow Road, Charlton Athletic, another club with a SAFE reputation in the Eighties. But this interest in reporting 'good news' will not stop me from letting off a bit of steam from time to time, should the need arise...