The refs and Newcastle, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Manchester City and Arsenal

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Did the big decisions go against Newcastle last season?

As you all should know by now it is important to get the big decisions going in your favour. But it also is important to get the small fouls on the field in your favour. Because that is the way you can have an influence on the field as a ref without people noticing you. When you blow for 3 imaginary penalties, you expose yourself to the public as a cheat. So it is not the way to do it.

Did Tottenham get a lot of undeserved yellow cards last season?

Getting undeserved yellow cards can undermine a team in a game. If you are already on a yellow card you can play with some restriction in your game. That is something that can cost you your natural game, and become costly for your team. So refs can influence a game with handing out yellow cards that are not fully deserved. Or they can do it the other way round by not giving yellow cards against your opponents when they fully deserve them. The players of the other team can then subconsciously feel that they can get away with some things, and go in even dirtier than before. So it is important to give the correct cards in a game.

Surely it is a myth that the refs help Manchester United?

Is it a myth or is it reality? Do Manchester United get a lot of help from the refs at times? Or do they also have to live with bad decisions sometimes? Is there a difference for United when playing at Old Trafford, and when playing away? It sure would be interesting to see if we can find a difference in how the refs make mistakes in the games when Manchester United is involved.

Did the Sheikh from Manchester City also buy the whole PGMOL together with Nasri?

When a Sheikh buys (or could buy) every football player in the world for any fee, as they are all for sale for the right price, you start thinking; what if he would get it into his head to not just buy the player but also the refs? If he would have bought a few refs would this become visible in their numbers? Or is it visible that Manchester City bought the whole PGMOL? Or did they do nothing of that kind?

Surely it will have evened out for Arsenal at the end of the season?

It must. Because otherwise the pundits will look rather stupid with their mantra. And don’t we rely on the pundits for their wisdom? So if they are going to remain credible, the numbers must show that the decisions around Arsenal were balanced at the end of the season.

These are all questions fans of those teams might ask themselves at times. But where to find the answer? And not just to these questions but to many more questions when it comes to referees, and your favourite football team.

The answers will be brought to you right here on SportsKeeda, from Untold Arsenal. Of course we will not be able to give you the smoking gun, if there is any. But based on our findings in our referee reviews we will be able to shed a light in to the darkness of the referee world.

So why don’t you take a look in the next few days, and keep your eyes open to see if your team has been screwed over by the refs or has enjoyed an easy ride from the refs?

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