You obviously never even made the school team never mind the Premier league then because I assure you favouritism is rife.
I mean, you clearly don't know this. I'd be disappointed if you believed it. There is something we all don't fully understand with the Hall situation, but aside, who else was coming off the bench with Gordon forked, and us having to remain disciplined and protect a lead?
How's your memory? I remember hearing that he was potentially open to it, but the approaches were leaked on the eve of a CL game he had with Villareal, which he didn't like, and he baulked. The Villareal president put a lot of pressure on him on the eve of the game too, speaking very openly in the media. We were rock bottom and according to the record books, nailed on to be relegated. Add it all up...
I've played at a decent level Munse. I didn't need to get bollocks on my chin to do it either, but each to their own. There is such a thing as favouritism, of course but there's also Munse-ism, which is what the assessment I quoted is.