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Rules Referees & Impartiality: Can this be delivered on a consistent basis?

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Micky can have no complaints but the clip below just shows how clearly they can decide when they do and don’t want to write the script,


View: https://x.com/propsmcfc/status/2029669528540422465?s=46&t=fbqxNuG9CT4qTaiJx8mBjg

Add this one in and it’s not a good look


View: https://x.com/eplbible/status/2029760379409072505?s=46&t=fbqxNuG9CT4qTaiJx8mBjg

Apparently the verdict for the City 115 is very soon, so the PL are making sure they don’t win it this year, not sure if there is any truth in that but sounds possible why so many decisions are going against City right now.

No explanation why we keep getting reffed badly though, last night the ref was a joke again booking Souza early on and allowing Clyne to get away without a booking for the same tackle and then booking Pape for questioning why it wasn’t a yellow too. The elbow foul on Porro right in front of the linesman no free kick given and near the end of the match another yellow card worthy foul on Porro and he gives us a throw in. Not to mention the extremely soft foul that started the passage of play leading up to the penalty 🤬
 
Apparently the verdict for the City 115 is very soon, so the PL are making sure they don’t win it this year, not sure if there is any truth in that but sounds possible why so many decisions are going against City right now.

No explanation why we keep getting reffed badly though, last night the ref was a joke again booking Souza early on and allowing Clyne to get away without a booking for the same tackle and then booking Pape for questioning why it wasn’t a yellow too. The elbow foul on Porro right in front of the linesman no free kick given and near the end of the match another yellow card worthy foul on Porro and he gives us a throw in. Not to mention the extremely soft foul that started the passage of play leading up to the penalty 🤬
That would make sense
 
There is no way you can stop the practice of handing over a brown envelope full of cash under the table, so do you think the question is redundant?
 
Literally done it again.. after doing it vs us. There is clearly an agenda. I wouldn’t even come out to play against these Woolwich cunts and their refs and just forfeit the games. It’ll tarnish their already hollow league win
Haha what an absolute joke.

Arteta's drilled all of the dark arts into them and the refs & pundits are rewarding them for it.

There's always gonna be inconsistency among refs - that's never ever going away - but what they can do is crack down on grappling in the box, time-wasting, fake injuries and obvious gamesmanship from repeat offenders like Gabriel. How can they simultaneously give fouls for his obvious dives and flops to the floor yet allow Woolwich to literally bear hug half the oppoisition players in the box on set pieces?

I've never heard more fans complain about how shit the league is to watch and if the PL aren't careful people will start drifting away. They want to watch football not whatever Woolwich are offering - it's no coincidence they're the most hated title challengers in recent memory.
 
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