Cristian Romero

[DubaiSpur]

1) Romero had the reputation of being a dirty player because of the things he has done, that reputation didn't come out of nowhere

2) There have been a few incidents this season where Romero was lucky to get away with not being sent off and 'Had that been Romero he would have got a red card' except, it was Romero.

The fact is the refs aren't very good and are consistently inconsistent, but they're not all conspiring against Spurs or Romero - they are just not fit for purpose and if you listen to other clubs fans they have plenty of legitimate gripes about the refereeing too....

That isn't the whole story mate. Like I said, it's been three years now (iirc) where Spurs have had the highest number of touches in the box without a penalty awarded. That is very hard to explain away as generalized bias - either we're bad at conning the refs by diving, or the refs don't feel pressured to give us pens because we don't complain in the media if we don't get them, so their reputations stay safe. Either way, refs don't come across looking good.

As for Romero, my highlight would be where (iirc) he got a yellow for mouthing off to the referee.

Despite being captain of the side. And thus, literally authorized to talk to the ref.

Whereas 10 Arsenal players surround the ref at every call, and the refs just laugh it off and pat them on the back.

 

[tommysvr]

1) Romero had the reputation of being a dirty player because of the things he has done, that reputation didn't come out of nowhere

2) There have been a few incidents this season where Romero was lucky to get away with not being sent off and 'Had that been Romero he would have got a red card' except, it was Romero.

The fact is the refs aren't very good and are consistently inconsistent, but they're not all conspiring against Spurs or Romero - they are just not fit for purpose and if you listen to other clubs fans they have plenty of legitimate gripes about the refereeing too....

I don't subscribe to any 'PGMOL is corrupt' or other wacky conspiracy theories, but I think it's pretty uncontroversial to think that certain players are judged on their past actions/personality rather than the incident the referee should be judging.