Re: Guillem Balague on Pep
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2017 6:31 pm
Original Dub wrote:Yeah peter I mentioned it because another lad posted that there is no agenda and Aguero's goal in the dying minutes proves it!
YCMIU
It really was a fantastic achievement winning those two titles given the wall put up against us, particularly the first one of the two.
As you rightly said, the officials went directly after us after the 1-6 and that was the first time I knew this whole thing was much bigger than a bit of paranoia.
We would have won that title by at least 14 points if it had been a level playing field.
Yet everytime it's mentioned by the media we were lucky and basically didn't deserve it.
Of course , that then becomes the opinion of the common fan you might meet in the pub.
Anyway, that was a few years ago now and they've never let up. In fact, they've upped it if anything.
How many stone wall penalties were waved away last season? Phenomenal. Not 50/50s. Stone wall.
We have also been below par of course at different stages, but that is another issue.
For some reason every time the biased officiating issue is raised (which would be most weeks these days), it is thrown back at us because the team also didn't play well... and thus basically swept to one side.
We should be able to discuss the two issues separately.
Because biased officiating with a propaganda machine behind it is a very, very serious issue.
Especially when everyone know that form is only created by a run of games.
We're not allowed put a run together.
I think it was 22 stonewall pens last season.
And you have to take into account the effect it has on the players knowing that when they step onto the pitch certain refs are going to try and cheat them out of the game, overlooking pens, allowing them to be fouled, looking to book them and send them off at any opportunity...