Albion boss Gus Poyet has called for greater transparency over glaring mistakes made by referees following Peter Walton’s penalty blunder.

Walton incensed Poyet by awarding Southampton a penalty against the Seagulls last Saturday when replays showed Lewis Dunk’s challenge on Jose Fonte was well outside the box.

Assistant manager Mauricio Taricco was sent off as for his foul-mouthed protest and is suspended for Coventry’s visit tomorrow, although he can still sit alongside Poyet on the bench.

Walton, meanwhile, is the fourth official for Bolton’s Premier League fixture against Everton at the Reebok Stadium.

It is unclear whether the 52-year-old, the oldest member of the select group of referees, has been deliberately stood down from the middle as a result of his spot-kick error.

Poyet, who has yet to see Walton’s report, wants punishments imposed by referee chiefs to be made public, not carried out discreetly.

He told The Argus: “The problem is they think if it is made public the referee is then going to be more under pressure. They think they manage that internally. We should check if he is not refereeing this weekend or not going to referee for the next three weeks but it’s not for me to control that.

“If they do it great, if everybody knows it would be common sense. The point is it’s a really, really bad decision.

“Why not publicly? I think it would put pressure on the referees as well to make sure they are 100 per cent sure. Can he (Walton) say that?”

Poyet also wants referees to be allowed and prepared to own up to their mistakes.

He said: “I have been sent off twice as a manager, once for kicking a bottle and when I said something and went to the FA and told them what I said. I didn’t accuse anyone of lying, I didn’t say I didn’t do things, because that was the way it happened.

“I would like them to do the same. ‘I cannot believe I gave that penalty. That is absolutely rubbish from a referee in the Premier League’. And then you move on.”

The referee for Albion’s clash with Coventry, 29-year-old Gavin Ward, has issued five red cards so far this season.

Poyet added: “I didn’t know it was him. It’s not a problem. I am not refereeing in training, which shows you how difficult it is to referee.

“I don’t want any problem with a player telling me the F-word because I didn’t give a free-kick, so I know how difficult it is.”