I'll tell you what else I don't like

[Ian.]

Very good article, it’s getting harder and harder to think it’s just incompetence with some of these officials, then you add the tv companies, presenters and journalists, it’s hard to ignore the bias.

[tony scott]

Couldn’t the less favoured 13 band together and make it clear they are aware of the bias subconscious or not?

[Ian.]

And you think anyone would listen?

[Exeter 77]

In related news Spurs moaning about PGMOL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cj32vg4mxzmo

[Monty]

Less favoured '13'? So we have a corrupt divisional authority biased towards nigh-on half its members? How does that work?

[tomd2103]

Spot on they're not even hiding the cheat codes anymore it's happening in plain sight

The lack of neutrality at major broadcasters plays a part in it as well.  Games featuring Manchester United or Liverpool will pretty much always have an ex-player from one of those clubs front and centre of the coverage. 

[LeonW]

It’s more than incompetence. It has to be with the regularity of occurrences.

One thing that I think is worth noting is the angle of the replays that often get selected for show. On the highlights package I saw of the Man Utd vs palace game, it didn’t look entirely clear on the VAR review they showed in the package. But then once you see the other angles elsewhere it is so clear and so obvious. I understand that the camera can’t catch everything but there is always a decision being made on which replay to use to justify a VAR decision or what to show the ref on the screen when they call them over.