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I don't normally watch much Prem, so it's opened my eyes, to how normalised some tackles are depending on the club badge, you wouldn't get away with it at any other level...well maybe Sunday League.

I've been up and down the leagues with Leeds and in league 1 the refs are ****e but evenly ****e for everyone. They are consistently ****e. We had some absolute shocking refs in the Championship to the point where the local press and alot of fans were convinced the EFL were trying to keep the bigger clubs down there to give them more bargaining power for the TV deals. It's more likely we were just ****e.

I naively thought having VAR would at least give us a fair shout in the PL but we've been on the end of some really baffling ones with VAR too.

It's not sport at this level any more. It's business. I've no doubt there is all sorts going on behind the scenes.
 
I've been up and down the leagues with Leeds and in league 1 the refs are ****e but evenly ****e for everyone. They are consistently ****e. We had some absolute shocking refs in the Championship to the point where the local press and alot of fans were convinced the EFL were trying to keep the bigger clubs down there to give them more bargaining power for the TV deals. It's more likely we were just ****e.

I naively thought having VAR would at least give us a fair shout in the PL but we've been on the end of some really baffling ones with VAR too.

It's not sport at this level any more. It's business. I've no doubt there is all sorts going on behind the scenes.

Like I say mate, I'm even more shocked, when you speak to people how normalised this has become, dependent on your club badge. I use to think it was bantz of sorts with the various Prem rivalries at the top level - sadly I've learned this isn't bantz, it's cheating, corruption at the highest levels, and fans are just accepting it. Now I can see why Liverpool were on course for the quadruple, who wouldn't be with help from the men in black.
 
Like I say mate, I'm even more shocked, when you speak to people how normalised this has become, dependent on your club badge. I use to think it was bantz of sorts with the various Prem rivalries at the top level - sadly I've learned this isn't bantz, it's cheating, corruption at the highest levels, and fans are just accepting it. Now I can see why Liverpool were on course for the quadruple, who wouldn't be with help from the men in black.
who is there to complain to? tbh I'd love to see some ST holders of 'lesser' clubs make a class-action suit against the FA for either corruption or executive incompetence.
 
who is there to complain to? tbh I'd love to see some ST holders of 'lesser' clubs make a class-action suit against the FA for either corruption or executive incompetence.

It's on my list.I just need to get that voodoo doll off @Treble first as security.
 
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