Arsenal fans have been given yet another reason to fume over the inconsistency of officiating in their matches.
The Gunners are once again challenging for the Premier League title, but this season has been marred by inconsistent refereeing decisions that seem to go against them.
Some of these decisions have resulted in their players being sent off, such as Declan Rice and Leandro Trossard, for offences that opponents have escaped without bookings.
In their last game against Leicester City, Oliver Skipp should have been sent off for a foul and for kicking the ball away.
Arsenal fans watched in disbelief as the midfielder remained on the pitch, and a report from Football Insider reveals that the Gunners supporters were stunned by the inconsistency of the decisions against them.
They believe that if their players had been involved in similar incidents, they likely would have been sent off, and they feel they have proof to back this up.
While it has been a solid start to the season for the Gunners, their fans feel things could be even better if they weren’t consistently on the wrong side of officiating decisions.
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It seems there is an agenda against us in the league, but our players have done well to navigate through the tough times and we will continue to win regardless.
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Watching man united vs spurs, Chris Kavanaugh allowed 2 kicks away incidents already. Ugarte kicked the ball away when Maddison was about to take a quick free kick. He did book Brennan when he delayed a free kick though.
I guess rules are applied only to London clubs it seems.
It is not consistently applying the rule to every player. People notice, and there is no excuse that will explain the inconsistencies.
Webb is a Muppet, and would rush to defend a blind ref for mistakes on the pitch.
Time to hold PGMOL accountable like clubs and players are held. Also, it should be about the best refs officiating, not protecting below average English officials.
Might be worth mentioning Calafiori could easily have been sent off, and another ref would have given a foul against Vardy for the first goal. This idea that’s ref’s are out to get us can be demoralising if we let it dominate. The truth is most referees are not very good. Over a season these things generally even themselves out. Rather we have it now than in May.
Was just going to say that about calafiori
There are honest mistakes made on a weekly basis.
Is it a foul or not a foul…that is the question?
I felt Vardy was fouled and as it wasn’t given and Arsenal scored shortly afterwards- is that incompetent refereeing? Cooper got a yellow card for complaining but decisions like that have consequences. It’s not just us that have to put up with it.
This subject was raised after the City game. Odd errors are part and parcel of the game. What is worrying is that inconsistencies within matches where one team is penalised and the opponent is let off for almost identical misdemeanours will produce rhetoric regarding conspiracy theories and a sense of injustice.
I do sometimes think there is a form of unconscious bias at work but it makes it so difficult to be a supporter at times when on the wrong end of decisions
Fair enough, but is it an “unconscious bias” against Arsenal alone or does it really apply to most clubs depending upon the officials?
If it’s Arsenal, why on earth would that be the case? If it’s supposed to be City’s “malign influence” (whatever that means in reality), I’ve done a quick trawl of media reports at the time when Liverpool were in Arsenal’s position as City’s main challengers and there doesn’t appear to be anything particularly odd there.
I suspect it’s far more likely to be inconsistent refereeing full stop, rather than any bias for/against one particular club or another. If so, then some of it at least can/should be addressed through better training of officials. In the meantime, we’ll just have to soldier on, I guess.
No, I’m referring to all teams
Works both ways as Calafiori should have gone too.
It shouldn’t work “both ways” though, if our referees could just simply follow the rule book.
It seems, week after week, that they simply cannot do that.
These are “professionals” who are paid an average of over £100k a season – imagine any other profession that would get away with such poor results.
At least Kavanagh doesn’t seem to have any individual club in his sights, just a general ability to change the rules every game he referees – unlike Mr Oliver, city115 and The Arsenal.
Clear and obvious 😎
There isn’t an excuse for refs not following a simple rule. Kicking the ball away, is one of the simplest rules. Most of the rest are opinion or can be sorted by VAR.