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Rodri deserved red​

Analysis by BBC Sport football issues correspondent Dale Johnson

Meanwhile, the five members of the Premier League's Key Match Incidents Panel (KMI) have unanimously voted Rodri should have been sent off in the same game against Spurs.
 
This was a foul


View: https://x.com/Afcsammmm/status/2025634362885111873

Whilst this wasn't


View: https://x.com/AbnormalToast10/status/2025655669701951964

dudu dudu reckon there's no bias officiating in the league.

It’s bias.

It’s not bias, it’s just incompetence.

It’s bias. They have VAR and they chose not to get the decision right. Like I said above, Scudamore is open about executing plans to get a different winner of the league. They are planning who wins
 
Hate to be that guy but...

A couple of the points in here are a bit silly but most of it's not without merit.


View: https://x.com/SpursGuy88/status/2021128469845795155


A lot of it starts with media narratives as well. I fully believe the premier league try to write scripts to some degree and they work hand in hand with Sky to “tell stories”.

Exhibit A:


View: https://x.com/fplvelvet/status/2025631884969918870?s=46&t=fbqxNuG9CT4qTaiJx8mBjg
 
If the ref used his standard consistently throughout the game by his standards Gabriel should of been sent off

This was a foul


View: https://x.com/Afcsammmm/status/2025634362885111873

Whilst this wasn't


View: https://x.com/AbnormalToast10/status/2025655669701951964

dudu dudu reckon there's no bias officiating in the league.

It’s not bias, it’s just incompetence.

I think it's all a bit obvious now as to what it is....

They're either BOTH fouls, or BOTH goals...

What we've got is literally a GOAL given when it's scored AGAINST us,(so therefore a goal by the laws of the game)
...but a goal disallowed as it's clearly a FOUL when WE score a goal... an identical challenge that was allowed when it was AGAINST us.
It literally IS one rule for us and one rule for the rest of football.... In VAR terminology, it's CLEAR AND OBVIOUS!

VAR couldn't even get the fucking linos microphone right!
NO WONDER ITS SEEN AS Amateurish and open to corruption....

Vendetta, Conspiracy, Collision, a pre-season agreement to finally send us down and win Woolwich the title, I dunno... It all sounds tin foil hat when you say it out loud...

But we seem to be suffering the most right now, whilst Woolwich do seem to be benefitting the most from ALL of this...
 
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A lot of it starts with media narratives as well. I fully believe the premier league try to write scripts to some degree and they work hand in hand with Sky to “tell stories”.

Exhibit A:


View: https://x.com/fplvelvet/status/2025631884969918870?s=46&t=fbqxNuG9CT4qTaiJx8mBjg

I've been moaning about the lack of consistency all season and the clear and obvious victimisation we've suffered.
But I can't go to bat for them tonight even though I agree with you on todays refereeeing performance. Because we just didn't fight at all. Its a NLD and what was at stake and we just stood off and let them take the piss.
 
I've been moaning about the lack of consistency all season and the clear and obvious victimisation we've suffered.
But I can't go to bat for them tonight even though I agree with you on todays refereeeing performance. Because we just didn't fight at all. Its a NLD and what was at stake and we just stood off and let them take the piss.

Agree

It didn’t cost us the game, the performance did

But, I’d be interested to see what the mood shift would’ve been at 2-2 . The refs absolutely did everything they could to protect the gooners from any pressure today
 
I listed incidents where we got conned earlier this season and a lot of posters were telling me that I was going overboard and we've had decisions go our way.

I absolutely believe we are being intentionally screwed and there's something weird going on.
 
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