Yep. Don't think he has been awful, but definitely too lenient at times (the McCallum one was at least a yellow card) and he had been inconsistent too for sure.
Apparently, he isn't one for dishing out cards normally.
I worked with several Sunderland supporters for many years and got on great with all them and the 1977 thing was maybe mentioned two or three times in 20 years and it was always light-hearted when it was brought up.