Neil Lennon has slammed the level of officiating in the Scottish Championship after his Dunfermline side were beaten by Hamilton Academical yesterday.
The ex-Celtic manager took charge of the East End Park side last month and in his first game at the helm, lost 3-0 to Scott Brown's Ayr United.
Lennon then got his maiden victory on the board midweek against Livingston, although his side faltered in a relegation six-pointer against Accies on Saturday.
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Reghan Tumilty's goal proved the difference between the sides, although Lennon thinks his team also should've been on the scoresheet: "We had a perfectly good goal disallowed," he said.
"Lewis has got a touch there first. He’s beat the goalkeeper to the ball, from what we can see on the camera.
"How the referee decides that’s a foul… I think he’s guessed more than anything else.
"But there were a lot of things going on in the game today that I didn’t like.
"That’s three games now I’ve been at this level, and the standard of refereeing has been abysmal.
"I don’t know if Hamilton beat us today or the referee’s decisions beat us today."
As Lennon's frustrations poured over later in the match, he was shown a yellow card.
His club will now seek talks with the SFA's head of referee operations, Willie Collum: "Honestly, it’s just Mickey Mouse stuff," he said.
"I’ve seen some strange decisions this week already. And a lot of them have gone against my team.
"So, we are going to talk to [SFA head of referee operations] Willie Collum about it. We have to. It’s not good enough."
Dunfermline now sit ninth in the second tier, two points away from third-bottom Hamilton after yesterday's defeat.
They face Queen's Park next weekend in the first of their final four games of the season.
