Boothroyd was left fuming at referee Chris Foy's performance
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Watford boss Adrian Boothroyd has refused to back down after his weekend outburst at referee Chris Foy.
Boothroyd was furious after Saturday's 2-1 defeat to Portsmouth, claiming poor officials should be "put in the stocks and hit with tomatoes for a week".
And Boothroyd remains in unrepentant mood, admitting: "I expect I am in trouble already but I am not letting this go.
"I don't mean send them to jail but we pay for poor decisions, why not them?"
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I will be speaking to (referees' chief) Keith Hackett because I want to see something done
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Foy was the target of Boothroyd's tirade after he awarded Pompey a last-minute penalty that Lomana LuaLua scored to deny the Hornets a draw.
Boothroyd also claimed his side had been denied two confident spot-kick shouts and he said: "The least I expect is a bit of consistency.
"I didn't ask the referee round to dinner. I just made a statement - not a question - which had an exclamation mark at the end.
"I will be speaking to (referees' chief) Keith Hackett because I want to see something done.
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"I was one of the first to support referees and say they deserved the help of technology with major decisions but when they are poor there has to be more than a couple of weeks demotion for them."
Boothroyd's comments come just days after Graham Poll was lambasted by Chelsea players for his performance in the Blues' 2-1 defeat to Tottenham.