it’s not corruption towards city specifically (well it might be but I won’t die on that hill) but there is definitely some level of corruption going on. every week there is a call that is painful to watch, sometimes more than one. I’m a neutral, I don’t support anyone in the league, but it is genuinely making it hard to watch. The quality of player is not making up for the impact VAR is having on results.
The demotion to the championship isn’t actually a demotion, it’s just window dressing to make it look like there are consequences for bad decisions or bad use of VAR.
Being completely honest, I also imagine there’s a part of these referees where they probably enjoy refereeing a game without VAR now and again. The amount of scrutiny that they are undergoing after every game weekend is crazy, and I think their use of VAR is intentional incompetence so that we eventually get rid of it or limit its use. But that’s a convo for a different day.
Weird thing for me is I accept that Bournemouth fans weren’t exactly sad to see him go, but I never really saw or understood why. It’s like there was a lack of acknowledgement that everyone and their dog thought they were down last season (just like the odds for Wolves to go down at the start of this season), not sure if it is arrogance, delusion or nostalgia from the Eddie Howe days.
Games gone, local derby and you can just throw yourself to the ground and you can get a free penalty.
Wolves fans said it best, premier league, corrupt as fuck. Game’s gone, thank fuck for the EFL with no VAR
He’s 81 years old, this is bad for literally everyone involved.