[Albion] One law for the top clubs

[Neil]

The two games yesterday was a prime example of the two tier refereeing going on in the Premiership.
If you had swapped the two games for instance and Hurzeler had booted the dugout seat he would have had at least a yellow for ungentlemanly conduct and Arteta was outside the technical area numerous times and on the pitch at least 6 times during game and even tried to stop Grealish from taking a throw by putting his arm around him plus all the shinanigans with the sending off and got no action at all
Hurzeler reacted to the foul by Gibbs White for only one foul and gets sent off.
Are you saying that Arteta would have been sent off for the same, off course not
Then there was all the surrounding of the referee on numerous occasions in the City Arse game. I thought that it was only the captains that could question the ref and were going to book any other players questioning decisions. Are City and Arsenal exempt from this.
Finally Trossards sending off and Arsenal feeling hard done by, it was a 2nd yellow but booting the ball away as well. Dont they ever learn

 

[Weststander]

Definitely.

Either from an unconscious bias, and/or in awe of the likes of Arteta and/or fear of being widely lambasted, officials allow Guardiola, Arteta to get away with far more.

Not new, Taggart and Wenger were touchline bullies and babies.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Ref's being people, do what all people do and on a subconscious level opt for the path of least resistance. This means letting the clubs with aggressive manager's, hostile stadia, ex players shilling for them in the media and millions of social media followers get 55% of the 50/50 decisions.

It's not a new phenomenon

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Not new, Taggart and Wenger were touchline bullies and babies.

But it works though.

It's all a performance. As long as targeting aggression, influences referees manager's will still do it.

The clubs who have manager's who don't do that slip down the league and the majority will find another manager who can somehow "find those extra 5 points a season".

It's how football ends up as this sort of toxic aggressive mess

 

[WhingForPresident]

Booting a chair in the dugout is perfectly fine conduct for a manager tbh. As is spending the whole game out of your technical area/on the pitch dancing round like a chimp with a flaming arsehole and interfering with play.

Stepping on the pitch to calm a situation? Outrageous.

 

[pasty]

Haaland facing no action for deliberately throwing the ball at an opponents head says it all.

 

[um bongo molongo]

The funny thing is that I think Fab’s reaction DID influence the sending off. I find myself asking whether I’d rather have Potter sat on his hands while Gibbs White runs off leaving Pedro in a heap and the away fans gloating or Fab fighting our corner and getting him sent off. Which probably makes me as bad as the top managers…

 

[Eeyore]

The two games yesterday was a prime example of the two tier refereeing going on in the Premiership.
If you had swapped the two games for instance and Hurzeler had booted the dugout seat he would have had at least a yellow for ungentlemanly conduct and Arteta was outside the technical area numerous times and on the pitch at least 6 times during game and even tried to stop Grealish from taking a throw by putting his arm around him plus all the shinanigans with the sending off and got no action at all
Hurzeler reacted to the foul by Gibbs White for only one foul and gets sent off.
Are you saying that Arteta would have been sent off for the same, off course not
Then there was all the surrounding of the referee on numerous occasions in the City Arse game. I thought that it was only the captains that could question the ref and were going to book any other players questioning decisions. Are City and Arsenal exempt from this.
Finally Trossards sending off and Arsenal feeling hard done by, it was a 2nd yellow but booting the ball away as well. Dont they ever learn

Along with RDZ, Arteta was the most carded manager in the Premier League last year.

 

[GJN1]

Definitely.

Either from an unconscious bias, and/or in awe of the likes of Arteta and/or fear of being widely lambasted, officials allow Guardiola, Arteta to get away with far more.

Not new, Taggart and Wenger were touchline bullies and babies.

I'd send Guardiola off for doing that rolling of a spit globule over his tongue thing he always does.

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

Haaland facing no action for deliberately throwing the ball at an opponents head says it all

Of all the bad decisions we witnessed yesterday, this one blows my mind most of all.