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Chris Kamara on a inconsistent weekend for Premier League referees

Image: Morgan Schneiderlin: His tackle on West Ham's Mohamed Diame went unpunished

Referees need to set the laws and stick to them

Ramsey and Ben Arfa are hitting heights after injury

We were talking on Goals on Sunday with Tony Pulis and he said: 'People tend to forget Aaron Ramsey had a serious injury' - when he was involved in a tackle with Tony's Stoke player Ryan Shawcross in 2010. Last season he was coming back, but never quite reached the heights that he'd got to before he had the injury; now he's got back to those heights again. From my own experience, when I was out for eight months with Leeds, it took me more than a full a season to get myself back together and you can understand why he struggled last year. He's now free of injuries, he's had a pre-season and he looks like the player that Gary Speed, God rest his soul, made Wales captain as soon as he took the job. Hatem Ben Arfa is another player, like Ramsey, who has come back from a serious injury, a really horrific injury after the blistering start he had when he first came to Newcastle and now he's is getting over that period. He's been the shining light for Newcastle United this season. He got the goal against Fulham and he got the goal against Villa on Saturday. If you watch Ben Arfa, which I'm sure all these club do, the one thing he likes to do, whether it be on the right-hand side of the left-hand side, is come in and have a shot. If I was Paul Lambert I'd have been telling my Aston Villa players to send him down the line. They might have to deal with a cross, but don't send him inside because he loves to have a shot, whether that be on his left foot or his right foot because he's got two fantastic feet, if you show him inside he'll punish you. He punished Fulham and he punished Villa on Saturday.

Anelka shone for the Baggies

I was at Fulham v West Brom on Saturday which ended 1-1. Its early days in the season and both teams are looking to get some kind of consistency. I think Fulham thought they'd done enough on Saturday, but at 1-0 it can only come back to haunt you. They occasionally attacked West Brom in the second half, but they were trying to see the game out for most of the second half rather than thinking about putting the game out of sight and that gave West Brom a lifeline. I thought Nicolas Anelka was excellent on the day. He was by far the best player on the pitch and there's plenty more of him and West Brom to come. As for Fulham, they're never going to be in the top six, but their home form will always be enough to make sure they stay in the Premier League this season. That's Kammy's view but what did YOU make of the Premier League weekend? Let us know using the feedback form below...

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