CostaBaz
04-01-2014, 10:41 AM
Continuing with the Clusterf*** theme, of bad refs, does anyone know how their performances are monitored, with regards to controversial or disputed decisions they make?
With all matches now recorded, from several cameras, I believe that when a ref is involved in controversy, it would be a simple task to collate certain information, such as:-
Name of team that benefitted.
Name of team that didn't benefit.
Was it the home or away team.
Name(s) of player(s) involved.
Does the head ref agree with the decision.
Simply by collating this type of information, it may show patterns and identify if a ref is more likely to make bad decisions that benefit the big teams (which most of us think is a given) and if their bad decisions regularly occur against certain teams or players. It may also identify if they always lean towards the home team or unfairly penalise certain other teams.
If this was already in place, it would probably show that Howard Webb has more assists for Man Utd, in recent ye
With all matches now recorded, from several cameras, I believe that when a ref is involved in controversy, it would be a simple task to collate certain information, such as:-
Name of team that benefitted.
Name of team that didn't benefit.
Was it the home or away team.
Name(s) of player(s) involved.
Does the head ref agree with the decision.
Simply by collating this type of information, it may show patterns and identify if a ref is more likely to make bad decisions that benefit the big teams (which most of us think is a given) and if their bad decisions regularly occur against certain teams or players. It may also identify if they always lean towards the home team or unfairly penalise certain other teams.
If this was already in place, it would probably show that Howard Webb has more assists for Man Utd, in recent ye