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Rules Referees & Impartiality: Can this be delivered on a consistent basis?
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The level of cheating by refs against Spurs EVERY GAME is so blatant, the club has to make a complaint to get the PGMOL to tell the refs to behave. But Tottenham has in 2025 just appointed a CEO in Vinai Venkatesham, who was at Arsenil for 14 YEARS! His first year in charge and Spurs are getting relegated because of corrupt referees making it happen. This is far worse than anything Daniel Levy ever did yet I don't hear Spurs fans calling for action.
STAND UP FOR YOUR CLUB!!
STAND UP FOR YOUR CLUB!!
Felt like he was trolling us, gives us a penalty he knew would be overturned. Unfortunately we were on the wrong end of var working properly for once…
Problem I have is it was rerefereeing and the FA Refs are too weak to stick to their original decision why VAR should be axed for everything but offsides because they are incompetent and rely on it to make too many decisions.
View: https://x.com/SpursArmyTweets/status/2043614713813024901
Hahahaha - Sky, PGMOL, Dermot are just a bunch of wankers, what kind of analysis is this
Honestly the garbage that comes out of these tv pundits.
'If the goalkeeper doesn't come out'
Yeah, if a player doesn't control the ball a two footed tackle wouldn't happen either.
I'm sick of this narrative, Romero also getting blamed for shielding the ball, something every single defender does. It's outrageous the bias.
Jay Bothroyd when we played Liverpool was also banging on about how VDV should have been sent off for the tackle on Isak despite being a genuine followthrough. The bloke is a Gooner cunt.
Mate it's a load of bollocks.
This program isn't meant to be impartial, it's meant to drive a narrative and boost engagement - Dermot is there to side with the ref and make out that PGMOL are the good guys whilst Jay Bothroyd is usually meant to provide the counter analysis, absolute waste of time trying to watch this for any sort of impartiality.
You have to blame our club for being so sick useless and meekly let other clubs and refs bend us over and fuck us right up. Now I rather have our club gets called a sore loser or entitled with a complaint or letter whenever decisions gets in our way like the scousers or the scum, than being face with relegation now like a rag doll being punched, bullied and laughed at.
It's almost as if the powers that be at the club want to see us relegated or something.
It just doesn't make sense. Two fucking idiots in Lange and Vinai making all the crucial but wrong decisions. How could there be no one single sane person in the management level to sound out any red flags AT ALL. There were tonnes throughout the entire diabolical season.
Coz Vinai Venkatesham had FOURTEEN YEARS at Arsenil, how can Tottenham appoint someone with that horrible history, you can't make itup!
What did you think of the fouls live?
The referee felt really poor live but it’s always hard to judge in the heat of the moment - you can’t see the screens in the stadium of Light if you’re away either view wise. Hard to see both the pen and the Romero/ kinsky incident as they were the the other end of the pitch. The elbow to Porro looked bad and felt it wasn’t dealt with seriously live (though Porro does go down like he’s shot often so again hard to judge). Did say to the bloke next to me that this season the refereeing has made me feel like I don’t understand the rules of the game anymore. The refs in Europe have generally felt better which makes me think there’s clear unconscious bias from the English refs.
Football referee shot dead in front of players and fans mid-game
A referee has been shot dead during a neighbourhood football match in Ecuador, sending shockwaves through the local community.
Bit of an extreame reaction
...did anyone else play: "Guess the Country" before clicking on the link?Football referee shot dead in front of players and fans mid-game
A referee has been shot dead during a neighbourhood football match in Ecuador, sending shockwaves through the local community.www.dailymail.co.uk
Bit of an extreame reaction
My guess was Colombia or Mexico... But Ecuador seems mental enough....
Fucking hell, these PL refs and Owners don't know how lucky they are!!
We just call them wankers and wave yellow scarves at them!!!
Pffft!
quite happily cheer a few of the refs being mauled by lions at half time
Bring back the Roman Premiere League.
View: https://x.com/i/status/2046486261486022751
This is what happens when you complain btw
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Bit late for this decision:
www.bbc.co.uk
Premier League: Brian Brobbey should have been sent off in Sunderland v Tottenham game - KMI panel
Sunderland's Brian Brobbey should have been sent off for two yellow-card offences against Tottenham, a Premier League panel has ruled.
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I expect to see some favourable decisions against us in the run in, thus staying up. They just wanna toy with us me feel.Bit late for this decision:
Premier League: Brian Brobbey should have been sent off in Sunderland v Tottenham game - KMI panel
Sunderland's Brian Brobbey should have been sent off for two yellow-card offences against Tottenham, a Premier League panel has ruled.
Bit late for this decision:
Premier League: Brian Brobbey should have been sent off in Sunderland v Tottenham game - KMI panel
Sunderland's Brian Brobbey should have been sent off for two yellow-card offences against Tottenham, a Premier League panel has ruled.
Why don't we ever fucking complain to the PGMOL about this shit?