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    Where did you get the figure of 10%?
    Looking at the games we've played while he's been reffing over the last 7 years or so (as I said, before that our results were excellent) they've mostly been big games. Take those out and you don't have a load of games, I'm not convinced a 10% difference - I'd be interested to know where you got that figure - is statistically significant.
    And what about the first 12 games when we won 10 and drew 2? That is better than our aveage form even at our best, was he biased towards us then? If so why did he change? It's more plausible that our results were better because we were better and they were easier games and now they're worse because we are and they're generally harder games.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fist of Lehmann View Post
    (weirdly he has never reffed... Liverpool)
    He can't due to geographical reasons.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Letters View Post
    Where did you get the figure of 10%?
    Looking at the games we've played while he's been reffing over the last 7 years or so (as I said, before that our results were excellent) they've mostly been big games. Take those out and you don't have a load of games, I'm not convinced a 10% difference - I'd be interested to know where you got that figure - is statistically significant.
    And what about the first 12 games when we won 10 and drew 2? That is better than our aveage form even at our best, was he biased towards us then? If so why did he change? It's more plausible that our results were better because we were better and they were easier games and now they're worse because we are and they're generally harder games.
    yeah but the wef is cowupt

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    There is corruption at every level of the game. It is why we have a World Cup in Qatar. It is why FFP will always be meaningless. It is why there is no scrutiny of ownership within English football.

    Its laughable that those thinking this corruption does not filter down to influencing the outcome of competitions and individual matches with all the money and egos of some of the most shady and powerful criminals in the world at stake are the ones accusing those stating the plainly obvious of wearing tin hats.

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    There is clearly some corruption in the game, it's impossible to know the extent of it or what effect it has on individual results. What we need to be wary of though is paranoid claims that all the refs and/or media are working against us or for City/Utd/Whoever. Especially as fans of other clubs are just as paranoid and make the exact opposite claim, claims we often laugh at so let's not do the same ourselves.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve French View Post
    There is corruption at every level of the game. It is why we have a World Cup in Qatar. It is why FFP will always be meaningless. It is why there is no scrutiny of ownership within English football.

    Its laughable that those thinking this corruption does not filter down to influencing the outcome of competitions and individual matches with all the money and egos of some of the most shady and powerful criminals in the world at stake are the ones accusing those stating the plainly obvious of wearing tin hats.
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    Some people consider evidence and make arguments others make wild, vague accusations with no backup.

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    Some people call me Maurice.
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    Considering what's been said about the World Cup draw, FFP rules, club ownership....you'd have to be naive to think there isn't. They're is no accountability and considering the level of corruption we've all seen in other institutions such as the police, media, banking, why isn't it any different for Football?

    Series A was the best league in the world with money flowing before the shit hit the fan. That league is crippled now since news of the match fixing broke. Nobody in these organisations wants to see their league sunk like that. We've had recent reports of players taking bribes in England so it wouldn't surprise me if a part time ref is on the take.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Letters View Post
    Some people consider evidence and make arguments others make wild, vague accusations with no backup.
    And then there are those who only accept evidence beyond all reasonable doubt as if life is a court case, turning a blind eye to every part of an issue unless unimpeachable proof is presented in relation to all parts and in triplicate. Even then they have a habit of speaking about "isolated incidents." Used to be a time when ignorance was bliss, now it's an obligatory pass to get into the cool club.
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