Regarding the Sutton players constantly surrounding the referee I imagine they were acting on the orders of the manager who was yapping at the 4th official throughout the first half in particular. He was being touted as our next manager and if this is the way he behaves I am glad that he was not appointed even if it gains any advantage.
As I posted on another thread, we are so un streetwise and its costing us dearly. I know it's not the "proper" way to play but if the opposition are in the 4th officials ear and crowd the ref, we need to do the same. Swindon got our "goal" disallowed by harassing the 4th official and Sutton got away with things our players got booked for by crowding around the ref, something we haven't done since Charlie Goode left. You can't just sit back and let it happen, you need to fight fire with fire.