Nottingham Forest took a very credible point from the trip to Brighton on Sunday to maintain an unbeaten start to the Premier League campaign.

The Reds drew 2-2 with the nature of the performance soured somewhat after a red card for Morgan Gibbs-White with just under 10 minutes remaining.

The Forest attacker was dismissed after a reckless tackle on Joao Pedro – although referee Rob Jones initially signalled that Gibbs-White had played the ball.

Still, he was swayed by fourth official Anthony Taylor – who is no stranger to controversy – to change his mind and issue a second yellow card to Gibbs-White.

The man who had started the game as captain for Forest will now miss Saturday’s home game against Fulham and that provides a conundrum for Nuno Espirito Santo.

Premier League drop biggest hint yet that Rob Jones blundered on Sunday

The referee initially looked to be capable of making his own decision. He signalled straight away that Gibbs-White played the ball and was happy to continue with a throw-in.

Moments later, Gibbs-White was walking down the tunnel, with Espirito Santo and Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler also sent packing.

Now, the Premier League have dropped the biggest hint yet that Jones cocked up on Sunday after releasing their appointments for the weekend.

Premier League drop biggest hint yet that Rob Jones blundered on Sunday

The referee initially looked to be capable of making his own decision. He signalled straight away that Gibbs-White played the ball and was happy to continue with a throw-in.

Moments later, Gibbs-White was walking down the tunnel, with Espirito Santo and Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler also sent packing.

Now, the Premier League have dropped the biggest hint yet that Jones cocked up on Sunday after releasing their appointments for the weekend.

Forest will likely have received another apology from Howard Webb to go with several others and on this occasion at least it didn’t cost the Reds.

The Premier League when it comes to officials has become too much of a closed shop and once these guys make the step up they stay there regardless.

In our view, a league table system – order of merit if you will – would be ideal when it comes to ensuring that the very best officials are taking charge of games in a league often deemed the best in the world.