Source: Team_Talk
Miller hits out at SPL officials
Pedro Mendes is the latest Ibrox player to be banned, missing the visit of Aberdeen on Saturday, as a result of two harsh yellow cards he picked up in last week's goalless draw at Kilmarnock.
Walter Smith was also sent to the stand and now faces a four-match touchline ban, while Kevin Thomson and Madjid Bougherra were both dismissed in previous SPL games.
"There has got to be something done," said Miller.
"I feel referees are having way too much say in results of games.
"We've had three sendings-off - four if you include the gaffer - and we've only had six or seven games this year.
"We are not a dirty team, we do not have a player in that dressing room who goes out to deliberately hurt someone in a tackle.
"It's very, very harsh the way things have been going.
"Particularly in Pedro's case, he is not a dirty player, he made two tackles and there wasn't a lot in the tackles.
"Fine, he mis-timed it, he tried to win the ball and the lad has been a bit quicker and nicked it away from him and Pedro maybe caught him. The second time, I'm not too sure if he caught him.
"But, to be sent off for two challenges like that, was
disgraceful. The game was spoiled, it's as simple as that."
Miller believes in cases such as the Kilmarnock game, the referee should hold his hand up and admit he was wrong.
Instead, he was disappointed to see Conroy receive the backing of former referee Hugh Dallas, now the Scottish Football
Association's head of referee development.
He added: "You see it every week after any big decisions, whether it be Kenny Clark in his column or Hugh Dallas, they are always protecting the referee.
"Let's be honest, referees are human. Players make mistakes and referees make mistakes but you never see anyone coming out and saying the referee has made a mistake.
"There is no doubt about it, there was not a bad tackle in that game last week. But how many booking were there? Eleven bookings and three sendings off if you include the gaffer.
"It was ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous, that there were that many yellow cards in that game."
Dallas on Thyrsday night spoke out on the issue of simulation, urging players to cut out diving following high profile incidents involving Arsenal's Eduardo, Celtic's Aiden McGeady and, most recently, Rangers striker Kris Boyd, who was booked during Wednesday's Co-operative Insurance Cup tie against Queen of the South.
But Miller insisted: "I think there is too much being made of this diving thing at the moment.
"If you look at the one the other night with Boydy, he hasn't claimed for anything at all.
"He went down and there was no penalty claim, he didn't try to fake injury or trick anyone and get an advantage in the game.
"I don't think there has ever been a problem with diving in our game. If anything, I think players try to get out of the way of tackles to try to stop themselves getting hurt.
"Sometimes you get it wrong with dives. For instance, Aiden McGeady getting sent off. I don't think he should have been sent off for that.
"There can be a difference between a dive and players just trying to get out of the way of tackles.
"You're not going to stand there and let a heavy tackle come and hit you, you're going to jump and that might look like a dive or simulation.
"It's up to the referees to see the difference."
Meanwhile, Miller is hoping to be back in the manager's plans for the visit of the Dons after being rested for the last couple of games.
"I feel a lot better," he said.
"I had a shift with Scotland and then came back and had a couple of hard games against Motherwell and Stuttgart so it was good to have a rest.
"There is a tough run of games coming up but, if selected, I should be ready for it."
