3 out of next 4 at home. They are all winnable but city away is not one we should be looking forward to without key players
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Our fanbase is pathetic
I don't believe in an anti-Spurs conspiracy, but there is an appalling mix of incompetence, bias, unconscious-bias and PGMOL-politics running amock these days.
As above; the refs aren't even shy of admitting it.
I think that’s just bad decisions from incompetent officials though and not done with any bias
Every team in the country will be able to give examples of simple decisions not going their way
So what's your argument now, are you arguing that the referees are applying bias against us or bias in favour of Liverpool?
Interesting Brighton just had a red card for taking the back of a players ankle.
Same challenge that was on Porro and got nothing.
Same one that Emerson saw straight red in the NLD.
Unconscious bias is a bitch
Same challenge that was on Porro and got nothing.
Same one that Emerson saw straight red in the NLD.
Unconscious bias is a bitch
It's downright embarrassing
Right.
It’s just luck and the way the political winds are blowing that decide who gets the unconscious bias go their way from week to week.
Brighton today vs Wolves yesterday
Unconsciously
I'm not commenting purely upon individual decisions....
Besides you're glossing over Deane & Clattenberg's comments above. There's no counter-argument to those. They are essentially confessions.
...........How do you explain the yellow card stats/patterns from the last 4 games?
Okay we're on full on tin foil hate mode here it seems.
This is how I feel on the issue. I don't see how the point can even be argued, especially when you have refs outright admitting that the media impacts the way they approach games (like MC did.)
This is why people like Neville etc make the comments they do, to apply pressure, weave a narrative, we witnessed it during the Leicester season, the officials were under an immense amount of pressure to give Leicester the rub of the green because it was the "fairytale" that everyone wanted to happen.
I don't think officials should be allowed access to the media either but I guess there isn't really a way to prevent that but even outside of the media having an influence you then also have to consider personal bias/unconscious bias and the politics of the PGMOL at play.
The level of Cope and apologism (just made that word up) is embarrassing.
I also feel it comes from a notion that just get your head down and the bias will work your way later down the line.
Meanwhile we are all talking about biased officials impacting games for every team.
The yellow card stats and patterns for the last 4 games point to a pattern and I don't believe it can be put down to pure coincidence, especially considering it was off the back of the Liverpool result.
It’s just my opinion tbh, I can’t back it up with any sort of evidence
Absolutely no better than the scousers at all. The crying in match day threads after every decisions is hilarious. Every normal tackle from the opposition is a yellow apparently, every bad tackle is a red.
‘Omg if that was spurzzz can you imagine?’ yeah I can, same thing happens now give it a bloody rest.
But this argument is missing the nuance, we aren't talking about individual conspiracy against certain clubs like the way Liverpool supporters bang on about shit.
We are talking about bias and unconscious bias and how the officials wish to be perceived by the media or feel pressure from the media and how it is interfering with the integrity of the game overall.
Not the patterns!!