Bill
Moderator
ArdwickBlue said:The champion's league is bent. You could see that at this years draw for the groups.
It's obvious the set up and format (seeding, coefficient points etc.) benefits the usual suspects.
Domestically I think it's becoming ABC (Anyone But City), this year the machine is throwing it's support behind Chelsea. Last year it was the dippers, the two previous years before that, the rags.
Historically they have always supported the rags but last season they had to change tactics because of the implosion at the swamp. Thus supporting the dippers (eulogising about their play, goals scored, Brenda winning LMA, etc. when we were better on every comparison).
This season despite the machine telling us they were in the title race after winning every cup on offer in pre season, they now realise the rags won't win it so they've had to change their focus to somebody else. Chelsea.
The two penalties the dippers didn't get yesterday proves it. Last season those would've been given, how many penalties were they awarded last season?, didn't Mourinho even moan about Suarez being a diver?.
Hazard's penalty against QPR is further proof they are being favoured, this to me is because this year they are the only team who the machine deems good enough to compete and possibly stop us from another title.
As poor as we have been, if it wasn't for favourable decisions for Chelsea against QPR and the dippers. They would only be four points clear. Notice how the machine isn't mentioning this fact.
Invincibles my arse, we were much better than them even down to ten men.
*applauds*