SAM Allardyce will not be satisfied until Wanderers are mathematically safe and he will certainly not want the issue to depend on the last game against Middlesbrough when he will be without central defender Florent Laville, who will miss the game after being red carded on Saturday.
The Wanderers boss was incensed by the decision and is hoping referee Andy D'Urso will 'have the bottle' to rescind the decision to send him off.
Laville, rated by Allardyce as the mainstay of the side since he joined ten games ago, was sent off in the 90th minute of Saturday's dramatic game with Arsenal after a second yellow card.
Allardyce's main gripe against the Essex official is that according to stats from Sky TV, who covered the game, Laville committed only two fouls in the game.
"None of them were dirty, none of them career threatening, none of them in a dangerous area of the pitch, yet he gets two yellow cards and sent off.
"That is a disgrace, It is not right and it is not acceptable. Ray Parlour alone committed four fouls himself before he got his first booking.
"There were worse tackles by both sides in the game. The tackle count was Arsenal 18 to our 15 so we haven't committed as many fouls as them yet we find ourselves down to ten men. Then they put up six minutes of added time to put even more pressure on us.
"It really has left a bitter taste in my mouth," he said.
"He (the referee) has had plenty of stick from me today and he deserves it for what he did. I don't think anyone can argue about it. Now I hope he has the bottle to look at the match video and rescind the bookings."
Wanderers have already had a similar plea held up this season. Ivan Campo received two yellow cards and a sending off, ironically at Arsenal earlier in the season, but had them later rescinded after the referee had watched the match video.
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