Football (Soccer) Thread

[HVC]

Looks like José is going to Real Madrid. Taking some Benfica coaches with him.

[Norgy]

I have to hand it to the man, he's had a long successful career in big clubs and big leagues. The system, however, has stayed virtually unchanged.

[Zoupa]

What's the most plausible explanation, a league wide conspiracy against the spurs, or the fact the suck so much they can't even manage to flop in the box?

I mean... Arsenal did not get a red card and have not conceded a penalty this season. It gets to a point.

[Josquius]

A grand active conspiracy is silly of course, but I do think its a worthy topic of study if there could be some unconscious bias at play for why some teams seem to get more positive decisions than others.
Wouldn't seem too out there to be that refs would be more wary of giving unfavourable decisions to successful teams than those already failing.

[Norgy]

VAR was put in place for that not too happen. I mean, there are more referees than players soon.

I have watched most Forest matches this season, and I noticed Igor Jesus very rarely getting a free kick, even when completely clattered by bigger defenders. I think the refs have him down as a Latino dive artist. Which he isn't.
I am sure there are several other examples in different clubs.