- Jul 24, 2013
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Yep - a handful of sensible voices aside, the reaction in the media by pundits, journos and ex pros has been ludicrous.
And yet people claim they aren’t biased towards particular teams, it’s a crock of shit.
The thing is, it’s quite easy for people to say “Oh just ignore the media why does their opinion matter?” but it’s pretty clear they hold influence, especially when they constantly cover shit over and over to put pressure on the refs, they know what they are doing, it’s not even subtle and I can almost guarantee it alters the way officials approach matches, especially the big ones.
Gary Linekar is constantly virtue signalling whatever the popular narrative is the majority of the time anyway.