I watched this one a week or so ago - a lot of fair points have been raised, but the thing that surprises me is that the Palmers 5 was let off without even a caution for what was conceivably DOGSO (and at least SPA) early on (3:30). He then went on to get booked for a definitely reckless tackle around 7:00, so could have been off inside 35 minutes!
9:02 - yeah, nasty one, but I don't think you're ever going to see much given when it's teammate on teammate!
10:05 is absolutely filth - maybe he did go all the way over the top, but I still think when you lead 2-footed like that, I'm starting with a red card as default and only downgrading if I'm certain. No excuse for even trying to tackle like that.
10:28 - yup, clearly reckless (especially given he had the option to lead with his hands) - easy yellow. Although I do think we have to admit that we get a really clear side-on angle and the Palmers player may have made it difficult for the referee to see the boot from the middle of the pitch.
11:02 is a pass too early for "accidental HB" to apply and I think with arms down there, you'd be hard pressed to argue it's deliberate. I'm happy with playing on there.
Mass con at 12:00 handled OK in the moment, but based on what we saw, I would have been happy with just yellow for the Palmers player.
Given the match context, probably should have booked the Palmers player around 15:35, but then very poor to miss all the AA and VC from red 12 that followed.
All in, a good example of the problems you can cause with excessively lenient refereeing!