First. Oliver (nor any of the other officials) are biased against Spurs.I agree. I am confused by this obvious mistake nonsense that they keep banging on about with the refs.
Imagine say Harry Kane gets upended in the box and Michael Oliver is the ref. He thinks it was a foul but as he hates Spurs and knows how VAR works he decides deliberately not to give it. VAR checks it and they think it was probably a foul but because it is not a glaring error they don’t overturn it and so Spurs don’t get the penalty and Oliver is in the clear as VAR checked it.
Then Woolwich go straight down the other end and Aubameyang is tackled in the box by Dier who gets the man and a bit of the ball. Oliver still hates Spurs and gives the penalty knowing that unless he has made a glaring error VAR won’t overrule him. He is in the clear again because VAR checks it and whilst they agree it was probably not a foul they deem it to not be a glaring error.
So Spurs instead of being 1-0 up if Oliver liked us are 1-0 down cos he hates us but he’s done nothing officially wrong as VAR has checked both incidents and deemed them not to be obvious errors. It’s a farce. (I probably haven’t explained myself very clearly as I’ve had a few but I understand what I meant even if you don’t!)
There is a refs panel that assesses the performance of the officials using video and group discussion.If a ref is found to be 'biased' or has a mare of a match or is unfit, or is generally poor, then they can be suspended or asked to ref in a lower league.
Personally I thought Kane was onside, but that's just my opinion. On his own Lloris prevented a cricket score. We lost because we were awful and Leeds were good- simple.
Unless you're proposing a giant conspiracy against us? In which case you need to call AC12 and ask for Steve.
Unlike the Scousers, we're not victims.
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