Premier League Matchweek 6 (September 23rd - 25th)

Davinson Sanchez in the middle of a back 3 is really good to be honest. He's doing fine so far.

He has slotted in with minimum fuss which is the biggest compliment I can give him. Very impressive considering his age and that this is a new country/league for him.
 
He has slotted in with minimum fuss which is the biggest compliment I can give him. Very impressive considering his age and that this is a new country/league for him.

He is another player you are going to have to worry about when it comes to collecting cards.
 
Yes, I thought my post made that clear. Noble gets away with committing ten fouls every game, then Aurier gets booked for committing three fouls. Herrera gets sent off for fouling Hazard after Jones has been let off with five fouls before that. For some reason, Diego Costa seems to be the exception to that.

I'm not suggesting that all referees are racists, I'm just saying that there's an element of tending to treat foreign players harsher. Whether that is because they can communicate with the English players and warn them verbally, foreign players treating the referee with more contempt or what it is, I don't know, but IMO there is something in it.

I agree there's all sorts of implicit and explicit biases at play here - an ex-NBA ref spoke about it openly on a documentary called Dishonesty: the truth about lies - but this argument has all kinds of holes in it.

You're using Herrera as an example of someone who was harshly treated last season by refs but rival fans will all tell you he gets away with murder. Much like we did about Mascherano. The bias you're talking about doesn't hold up to any scrutiny.
 
I agree there's all sorts of implicit and explicit biases at play here - an ex-NBA ref spoke about it openly on a documentary called Dishonesty: the truth about lies - but this argument has all kinds of holes in it.

You're using Herrera as an example of someone who was harshly treated last season by refs but rival fans will all tell you he gets away with murder. Much like we did about Mascherano. The bias you're talking about doesn't hold up to any scrutiny.
Good points. Like I said, I'm not suggesting there's some kind of inherent racism. In hindsight, I probably should've put the original post in the weird feelings thread instead of this one.
 
I know this is an awful thing to do but does anyone have a stream? Having to use my phone for the first time and I am missing the big fixture!
 
Long is one of those stupid fecks who scores very little but is always the one to bark the most and kick people around.

Woops, wrong thread.
 
Mendy struggling with that knee, surely he's coming off soon
 
Yeah that's horrible for Rooney.

 
Just saw Rooney's face. Looks like a horror movie.
 
Chelsea beating Stoke 2-0. For some reason Stoke only turn up against us these days.