Aden Baldwin has had his say on Notts County's 2-1 victory over Torquay United, with a focus on the performance of matchday official, Paul Johnson.
The Magpies extended their unbeaten run to 21 games in the National League, maintaining their three-point gap at the summit of the standings despite having to play the final half an hour with a man less.
With Ruben Rodrigues' third penalty in a week cancelling out Tom Lapslie's equaliser in the first half, the Notts midfielder was given his marching orders for a second bookable offence after handling the ball from John Bostock's overhit free-kick, albeit not affecting the end result of that passage of play.
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The hosts were lucky to have 11 players on the pitch themselves, with both Ryan Hanson and Lapslie lucky to escape second bookings, with the former substituted just before half-time much to the frustration of Luke Williams in his post-match assessment of the victory.
And their win on the southwest coast was almost overshadowed by the performance of the referee, and when asked about the man in the middles performance, Baldwin simply said: "Don't ask me about him.
"It is becoming a bit of a theme at the minute isn't it - I haven't got a lot to say on that at the moment but, yeah not very good."
In what was an energetic encounter, it was clear from the opening moments of play that Gary Johnson's side were instructed to disrupt the flow of Notts' possession-based football, with several aggressive challenges flying in on Williams' men.
The Notts defender highlighted the tactics implemented by the Gulls, but reiterated how well his side did to combat Torquay's robust approach.
"They came with some interesting tactics, the people here definitely saw what they were doing.
"But we have the personalities and the characters within the team to combat that, and I thought that we did that really well."
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