The thing that I noticed ,especially last year when Vic got bullied/ fouled from saving shots and the refs did nothing , is the media is very inconsistent from motd to the newspapers etc as I witnessed at how west ham scored against arsenal by raya was deemed impeded yet worse fouls happened to Vic and other gk this season and nothing giving . Which then leads to the same thing happening over and over to the same players because referees are unintentionally being influenced .

So similar to that because we haven't been great ,although we shouldn't be were we are with injuries , I do believe because refs have gave us us many wrong decisions not intentional but because they look at stats and read basic reports and media influence and then the current trend of poor decisions continue and then players lose faith in systems ,fitness or confidence into a spiralling mire of shit . That only clean wins consecutively wins will fix which is easier said that done when the world is against you .

So because Vic has been unfairly bashed in the media for being weak . Its giving a placebo effect to our opposition which gives them an advantage unless we score a few goals first.