Interesting stat Chelters. I'm not sure we can draw many conclusions but as you say it leaves an eye brow raised at least.
It's almost like the referees performance when we played Villa a couples of seasons back but across a season, it just seems improbable that the amount of fouls given is proportionate to the amount of possession the opposition have had.
i definitely don't see us as a dirty team, at times I wish we would put a foot in more. Hutch has had his moments and so has Pato but generally speaking both are pretty restrained compared to some opponents we've seen.
However, my usual default with these kinds of things is that it's more a case of ineptitude than conspiracy. The refs in this division have been on the whole poor but poor for both sides. I wonder if there is the reverse mentality going on with some refs, i.e. I can't be showing bias for the home team with the big home support....
Lets hope if we do get in the playoffs we get decent refs. The bloke that reffed the Brighton playoff would do nicely.