The problem with the filthy and their squad is that they have been hyped well above their levels of ability, and in trying to keep with Fergie's mantra, a mantra that TV rights for the Premier League having soared at their highest rates in the 8 years they've been competing for nothing shows to be an absolute nonsense, those in the Premier League, FA and refs association (Mike Riley, plus the disproportionate plethora of Manc officials in their ranks) have been giving them free hand outs, or as much as they can since VAR came in, hence their introduction or attempted introduction of the term 'subjective' to try and explain away plain wrong VAR decisions that are entirely inconsistent with the laws of the game and how all other such instances have been given.
Villa, Leicester, Brighton and the filthy were THE biggest divers in the entire league, the directive of a foul needing to consist of meaningful contact has fortunately limited officials ability to give the filthy anything at all dramatically, all the pens for diving Jurgen complained about have almost entirely disappeared. Villa under Dean Smith and Leicester have both been struggling because diving and getting free kicks and pens for nothing was a huge part of their games also
I'm not saying this because it's the filthy, I genuinely think, as I have alluded to several times in the past, that the majority of their squad are damaged goods, they are somehow broken from being hugely overhyped and achieving above their and their managers abilities by being given whatever they could be - You have to earn it, they won't ever be successful again being given free hand outs, and I honestly believe too many of their players have become so used to free hand outs and not having to work for finishing top four, their new barometer for success, that they'll never have the drive and intensity to get results that would make the difference under their own steam
"If Everton were playing at the bottom of my garden, i'd close the curtains”
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