Same ref who sent off the Bournemouth player v Rags and booked 6 more just a few days ago. Every week we see officiating v us that’s a disgrace.
Part of it is on Pep and the club for accepting it. Klopp, Artega, Ferguson would be calling it out for what it is, then get favourable decisions. We accept it and it happens the next game
Don't do this. Pep does not make strategic or managerial decisions at City. Pep works at City. Pep stopped talking about refs long time now, basically on late autumn of 2016. Journalists have attempted to get something out of his mouth regarding officials numerous times, they failed...
What has the man accomplished? He has created a team which most of the times will beat officials too. Every single man in that dressing room knows exactly what is going on for years. They feel it on their skin week in week out, with opponents encouraged to kick the shit out of us. And yes, all rules (physicality, handball etc) are applied differently to us. But the boys have been educated to leave everything behind them all the time and move on. They don't even bother to fucking complain anymore. They know that if they get frustrated, they will lose composure, focus and serenity, and, guess what, eventually will underperform. Which leads to dropping points, playing the ref's game...
That is City's condition and the team has accepted it, long long time now. Players know they need to work harder than others, as they will never enjoy any sort of protection. It's quite the opposite. One of the reasons Bernardo has said "...
this team does not get the credit it deserves". One of the reasons the manager keeps saying "...
everything we did, we did it alone", in every given opportunity...
Pep has nothing to do with this policy. And whether he agrees with it or not, it's irrelevant. Personally I don't give a fuck about his opinion on this. The man himself has said repeatedly that he may offer an opinion, but it's the club that makes the decisions. He "...
follows the club". Direct quote. Which means he follows orders. Why should it be significant if he agrees with them or not? I mean, I know he's a noble man, I'm not that noble myself, with this war going on for years, I'm sorry, I cannot be noble. They have done everything to destroy the club, every fucking thing, on / off the pitch. They will keep doing it. Since we are tolerating this shit, why should they stop? They won't. On the contrary, they will probably get more aggressive. I don't think you need to study Clausewitz's work to understand this, it's common sense...