But the dialogue is recorded, if Spurs have an issue with what was said they can challenge it. It's a simple as that mate. Do you think Spurs are in on the bias game then? Is that why they haven't challenged it, in case they get rumbled so it's best to keep shtum?
It is recorded for precisely for these issues, it's why it was brought in, to remove doubt.
What I am saying is mate, if Dean said something to Poch other than what he said in his statement then we should be made aware of it.
I am not sure why we wouldn’t challenge it but I do believe could be a number of reasons.
1.The rumour isn’t true and Dean actually said nothing of the sort and Poch was just reacting to a defeat in a bad way. (if that’s the case then Poch should clarify what was said by Dean so people are clear on it so we know the official isn’t biased and Poch was indeed fully in the wrong.)
Poch clearly doesn’t feel this way because he made his unhappiness with the ban quite apparent.
2. We don’t want to say anything because we are afraid other officials will then turn on us and give us unfavourable decisions. (Again, if this is the case it’s even more reason to expose it.)
3. The body has told Poch/club if he plays nice he will only get a two game ban and less severe punishment.
My overall point is, in situations like this, we have the right to know what was said by both parties as supporters, rather than just one party who is speaking for themselves and quite clearly not saying the full story (you can see from the video alone that more was said than Dean is mentioning and he is clearly playing the victim.)
Officials in this league never have to answer for the shit they do, they never have to answer for all the blatantly obvious crap they have pulled over the years (like I said, Fergie time for example) and they are never held accountable for mistakes they make which can quite literally have huge implications (I know VAR will fix this to a certain degree but I still think transparency is needed.)
People say referees have a difficult job and I appreciate that but it doesn’t mean they should be bulletproof and it doesn’t mean they should be protected the way they are because that bubble of protection is an open invitation for abuse of power as far as I am concerned.