What the fuck has peter crouch got to do with it? If you think English and European football is blissfully pure and not corrupt that’s up to you. I think the evidence suggests otherwiseDon't be silly, you just can't unfairly blame them. That goal Peter Crouch carried over the line at Stoke was decided by the rugby union authorities at Twickers.
Your beliefs are not evidence. There is too much incompetence to organise widespread corruption.What the fuck has peter crouch got to do with it? If you think English and European football is blissfully pure and not corrupt that’s up to you. I think the evidence suggests otherwise
If it was incompetence then liverpool and united would get screwed over as much as us. When the long time head of the PL says publicly that it is “good for the PL brand” when liverpool and united win the PL, then it’s hardly hiding it, is it?Your beliefs are not evidence. There is too much incompetence to organise widespread corruption.
Rather get the away games out of the way mate
Top analysisas far as I can tell from the release.
West Ham
City (H) - 24 Oct
Liverpool (A) - 31 Oct
Sheff Utd
Liverpool (A) - 24 Oct
City (H) - 31 Oct
Newcastle
City (A) - 26 Dec
Liverpool (H) - 28 Dec
Fulham
Liverpool (A) - 6 Mar
City (H) - 13 Mar
Leeds
City (A) - 10 Apr
Liverpool (H) - 17 Apr
Aston Villa
Liverpool (A) - 10 Apr
City (H) - 17 Apr
So 6 in total. 3 times first each, Liverpool have home games each time they play first, but only 1 out of 3 if they play second. We have home games 2 out of 3 times we play first, but are away each time we play 2nd.
Incompetence doesn't have to average out over a season. You aren't guaranteed a quota of it. Even if every decision you disagreed with was given in favour of City, Liverpool would have still won the league. They were better than us.If it was incompetence then liverpool and united would get screwed over as much as us. When the long time head of the PL says publicly that it is “good for the PL brand” when liverpool and united win the PL, then it’s hardly hiding it, is it?
or in December,if city and villa out from carling cup.
In simple terms I think football is corrupt,you don’tIncompetence doesn't have to average out over a season. You aren't guaranteed a quota of it. Even if every decision you disagreed with was given in favour of City, Liverpool would have still won the league. They were better than us.
It is good for the PL brand when different teams win it. That is a factual statement. People call the French and German leagues farmers leagues when one team wins all the time. That would mean we have been assisted for our title wins too, which I don't remember there being a suggestion of at the time.
You have no evidence that there is any clandestine methods being used to make us lose games from outside influences - we're more than capable of losing games without any help. Equally, I can't prove a false negative so you can carry on with your beliefs. But, I am saying - with conviction, that due to the incompetence that is evident, football administrators and referees are not capable of organising a conspiracy on the scale (or a smaller scale for that matter) that is often suggested on this forum.
Broadly yes, but I just think it's easy to blame the referee sometimes when we get beat. Us playing shit is either ignored or overshadowed.In simple terms I think football is corrupt,you don’t