Now I'm not saying it IS fixed......but sometimes it makes you wonder if it decides how well you're going to do in advance then arranges results around that.....
The board would like to qualify for Europe though the league. Means finishing top 5/6 depending on cup winner.
3 games to go, I'm comfortably sitting in 4th, though it's still really tight. Haven't been out of the top 6 for about 3/4 months now. I see the table and think "I'd bet money this game tries to rip me off somehow. It usually finds a way of trying."
Next game.....2-1 loss away at a close rival (Koln) with a stoppage time winner.
Then lose 2-1 at home to Nurnberg....again a close rival, again a stoppage time winner.
Last game, away at Mainz, already relegated crap team. Goal disallowed, 0-0 despite telling my team to attack they create next to nothing all game.
Result.....I end up 7th. Just 1 win from the last 3 games would have made me 5th.
If I hadn't already won the cup I'd have been more than slightly miffed.