Quote Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn View Post
Are you genuinely suggesting the football authorities aren't corrupt to the core?
Years ago someone said to me that in a sport with that much money sloshing around there had to be corruption. And that conversation took place over 25 years ago, before the money became truly insane. So yes, it is hard to believe that there's no corruption. I mean, the World Cup has just been awarded to Saudi Arabia. But...is there any great conspiracy to prevent Arsenal from winning a title? I call bullshit on that. It is certainly more plausible that there's more of a pro-City policy, fuelled by money changing hands behind the scenes. And earlier in the season I was coming to that view. But now with City having dropped off a cliff that is harder to believe. I think mostly the standard of officiating is really poor. To me that explains a lot of what we see. You can make an anti-Arsenal narrative fit by cherry picking incidents but the fans of every club believe their club is uniquely maligned.