Wouldn’t the ref for a PO final be a top PL ref? The thrust of your comment still stands and I agree BTW.
Probably it would be but so much rides on refereeing yet this season has been probably the worst I have seen, fickle indecisive or whistle happy, I do think we are known to refs as a diving team, which to a certain extent is probably true, its a side of our game I dont personally like but it stems from the top flight.
Being a ref is not a job I would ever want to do though and they have huge pressures but this season especially we have seen some awful refs and decision not just last night.