Mike Dean knows more than most that officiating is a thankless job as he endured a tough evening during Manchester United’s clash with West Ham United on Monday. 

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The official made a rather indifferent start to 2017 with some extremely questionable decisions that led to claims he was rather over-zealous in some of his calls. 

And, as always, Twitter’s judges, jury and executioners were on hand to pass their own, rather critical evaluation of the whistle-blower’s performance.