Yes strange times indeed. Regarding ourselves being hindered by referee's and now var too it's something I've been alluding to for years. It shows how good we've been to win what we have done with all the obstacles put in our way. That just relates to on the field of course, before we even get to all the ffp shit created to stall and stop us. Pep has mentioned it many times how we've won everything on our own merit with no help from anybody.
When people talk about us being unfairly hindered, they often concentrate on goals, penalties and offsides being given or not given. There's actually a lot more to it than that. Teams are allowed to spoil the game against us with almost impunity. Kicking us, time wasting, play acting, every trick in the book. The Everton game was probably the one game that highlighted that perfectly, they got away with murder. When frustration naturally creeps in and we decide to do something about it, as the officials won't, we get booked.
I remember a few years ago the premier league said they were going to stamp out such tactics to keep the game flowing and more entertaining. Then when we became so good other teams couldn't lay a glove on us they changed the mantra. Now they're letting the game become more physical, to flow.....yeah right!
We all know what's going on, we see it with our own eyes week after week. We have to be perfect to win games. Obviously we never hear this from any media outlet as it's swept under the rug labelled "Stop City." We even had pundits doing whole sections on how to stop us, from the clever to the neanderphal "Get stuck in/kick them" from the likes of scouse cretins like Murphy.
Football in this country and Europe stinks so hard with corruption and cheating I'm amazed we don't have to wear gas masks to view it.
