USArsenal At the end of the day, it was a red card. We would have expected it to be a red if it happened to us.
It's not about the detail of the on field events in my opinion—despite the fact it wasn't a clear last man red due to the distance from goal, White's position and the nature of the contact.
But then if it had been a straight red that's one thing, but upgrading a line call miles from goal to a red via the VAR is a shit sandwich that's been specially wrapped for us.
I believe we've been targeted at this point, was pretty sure after the Trossard red card but there's too much at stake for PGMOL, considering the dire state of English refereeing, for these conversations not to be occurring. It's Occam's razor, a conspiracy that's far more likely than not.
They're workshopping every excuse they put out for a decision against us to death, and they're using us to demonstrate their authority and their contribution to the entertainment product. Five red cards so far this weekend in the league, already the most given for nine years: this is a referees' guild actively campaigning.
