Match Review: Phil Dowd – West Ham United Vs Arsenal (1 – 3) [06/10/2012]
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Today’s referee is Phil Dowd
| MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Phil Dowd (2012-10-06) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period 1 | |||||||
| Min | Type | From | On | C/NC | Reviewer Comment | Weight | |
| 0 | GOAL KICK | ARS | C | Lukas Podolski concedes a goal kick. | 1 | ||
| 1 | CORNER | West Ham United | C | Jussi Jääskeläinen concedes a corner kick. | 1 | ||
| 1 | THROW IN | West Ham United | C | Andy Carroll concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 2 | THROW IN | West Ham United | C | James Collins concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 3 | THROW IN | West Ham United | C | James Collins concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 4 | FOUL | ARS | C | Aaron Ramsey Commits a Regular foul. | 1 | ||
| 5 | FREE KICK | West Ham United | C | James Collins takes a direct free kick. | 1 | ||
| 5 | CORNER | West Ham United | C | Winston Reid concedes a corner kick. | 1 | ||
| 7 | FOUL | West Ham United | C | Andy Carroll Commits a Regular foul. | 1 | ||
| 8 | FREE KICK | ARS | C | Thomas Vermaelen takes a direct free kick. | 1 | ||
| 11 | FOUL | West Ham United | NC | Carroll sticks out his hand to stop a clearance from Mertesacker and so gains control of the ball, not given | 3 | ||
| 11 | FREE KICK | ARS | NC | For the handball | 3 | ||
| 12 | THROW IN | ARS | C | Per Mertesacker concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 13 | THROW IN | West Ham United | C | Mohamed Diamé concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 14 | FOUL | ARS | C | Thomas Vermaelen Commits a Regular foul. | 1 | ||
| 15 | FREE KICK | West Ham United | C | Mark Noble takes a direct free kick. | 1 | ||
| 17 | CORNER | West Ham United | C | Winston Reid concedes a corner kick. | 1 | ||
| 17 | CORNER | West Ham United | C | James Collins concedes a corner kick. | 1 | ||
| 18 | CORNER | West Ham United | C | Andy Carroll concedes a corner kick. | 1 | ||
| 18 | THROW IN | ARS | C | Aaron Ramsey concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 20 | GOAL | West Ham United | C | Mohamed Diamé scores a goal for West Ham United. | 1 | ||
| 21 | YELLOW | West Ham United | C | Mohamed Diamé recieves a YellowCard for the following reason: ExcessiveCelebration. | 1 | ||
| 24 | THROW IN | West Ham United | C | Winston Reid concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 24 | THROW IN | West Ham United | C | Mohamed Diamé concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 24 | GOAL KICK | ARS | C | Aaron Ramsey concedes a goal kick. | 1 | ||
| 26 | THROW IN | West Ham United | C | Guy Demel concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 26 | FOUL | West Ham United | C | Mohamed Diamé Commits a Regular foul. | 1 | ||
| 26 | 2ND YELLOW | West Ham United | NC | Came late catching Arteta on the ankle, should have been a yellow card, his second | 4 | ||
| 28 | FREE KICK | ARS | C | Carl Jenkinson takes a direct free kick. | 1 | ||
| 28 | FOUL | ARS | NC | Olivier Giroud did not touch Nolan, no foul | 3 | ||
| 29 | FREE KICK | West Ham United | NC | was no foul so no free kick | 3 | ||
| 29 | FOUL | West Ham United | C | Kevin Nolan Commits a Regular foul. | 1 | ||
| 29 | FREE KICK | ARS | C | Vito Mannone takes a direct free kick. | 1 | ||
| 29 | OFFSIDE | ARS | C | Gervais Yao Kouassi is played offside by George McCartney from a ball by Olivier Giroud | 1 | ||
| 30 | CORNER | ARS | C | Lukas Podolski concedes a corner kick. | 1 | ||
| 31 | FOUL | West Ham United | ARS | NC | Jumped in to the keeper who came for the ball, not given | 3 | |
| 31 | FREE KICK | ARS | NC | For the foul on the keeper | 3 | ||
| 31 | FOUL | West Ham United | C | Kevin Nolan Commits a Regular foul. | 1 | ||
| 32 | FREE KICK | ARS | C | Vito Mannone takes a direct free kick. | 1 | ||
| 34 | CORNER | West Ham United | C | Guy Demel concedes a corner kick. | 1 | ||
| 35 | GOAL KICK | ARS | C | Olivier Giroud concedes a goal kick. | 1 | ||
| 35 | FOUL | West Ham United | C | Winston Reid Commits a Regular foul. | 1 | ||
| 35 | YELLOW | West Ham United | C | Winston Reid recieves a YellowCard for the following reason: Foul. | 1 | ||
| 36 | FREE KICK | ARS | C | Kieran Gibbs takes a direct free kick. | 1 | ||
| 36 | THROW IN | West Ham United | C | Andy Carroll concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 37 | THROW IN | West Ham United | C | Mark Noble concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 38 | THROW IN | ARS | C | Carl Jenkinson concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 39 | THROW IN | ARS | C | Carl Jenkinson concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 39 | FOUL | ARS | C | Mikel Arteta Commits a Handball foul. | 1 | ||
| 39 | FREE KICK | West Ham United | C | James Collins takes a direct free kick. | 1 | ||
| 40 | GOAL | ARS | C | Olivier Giroud scores a goal for Arsenal. | 1 | ||
| 42 | CORNER | West Ham United | C | George McCartney concedes a corner kick. | 1 | ||
| 42 | THROW IN | West Ham United | C | George McCartney concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 43 | GOAL KICK | ARS | C | Kieran Gibbs concedes a goal kick. | 1 | ||
| 44 | CORNER | West Ham United | C | Matthew Jarvis concedes a corner kick. | 1 | ||
| 45 | FOUL | ARS | C | Gervais Yao Kouassi Commits a Regular foul. | 1 | ||
| 45 | YELLOW | ARS | C | Gervais Yao Kouassi recieves a YellowCard for the following reason: Foul. | 1 | ||
| 46 | GOAL KICK | West Ham United | C | Kevin Nolan concedes a goal kick. | 1 | ||
| 47 | FOUL | ARS | C | Aaron Ramsey Commits a Regular foul. | 1 | ||
| 47 | FREE KICK | West Ham United | C | Jussi Jääskeläinen takes a direct free kick. | 1 | ||
| Period 2 | |||||||
| Min | Type | From | On | C/NC | Reviewer Comment | Weight | |
| 45 | THROW IN | West Ham United | C | James Collins concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 45 | THROW IN | ARS | C | Carl Jenkinson concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 46 | CORNER | ARS | C | Gervais Yao Kouassi concedes a corner kick. | 1 | ||
| 46 | FOUL | West Ham United | C | Kevin Nolan Commits a Regular foul. Blocked the keeper at a corner | 1 | ||
| 46 | FREE KICK | ARS | C | Vito Mannone takes a direct free kick. | 1 | ||
| 47 | THROW IN | ARS | C | Thomas Vermaelen concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 47 | THROW IN | West Ham United | C | James Collins concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 48 | GOAL KICK | ARS | C | Olivier Giroud concedes a goal kick. | 1 | ||
| 48 | THROW IN | ARS | C | Carl Jenkinson concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 48 | FOUL | West Ham United | C | Andy Carroll Commits a Regular foul. | 1 | ||
| 49 | FREE KICK | ARS | C | Lukas Podolski takes a direct free kick. | 1 | ||
| 50 | THROW IN | West Ham United | C | George McCartney concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 51 | THROW IN | ARS | C | Aaron Ramsey concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 51 | CORNER | ARS | C | Per Mertesacker concedes a corner kick. | 1 | ||
| 53 | GOAL KICK | ARS | C | Kieran Gibbs concedes a goal kick. | 1 | ||
| 53 | OFFSIDE | West Ham United | C | Kevin Nolan is played offside by Carl Jenkinson from a ball by Mohamed Diamé | 1 | ||
| 55 | FOUL | West Ham United | C | Mark Noble Commits a Regular foul. | 1 | ||
| 56 | FREE KICK | ARS | C | Mikel Arteta takes a direct free kick. | 1 | ||
| 56 | CORNER | West Ham United | C | James Collins concedes a corner kick. | 1 | ||
| 57 | THROW IN | West Ham United | C | James Collins concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 58 | THROW IN | ARS | C | Thomas Vermaelen concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 59 | GOAL KICK | West Ham United | C | Matthew Jarvis concedes a goal kick. | 1 | ||
| 59 | FOUL | West Ham United | C | Ricardo Vaz Te Commits a Regular foul. | 1 | ||
| 59 | RED | West Ham United | NC | Vaz Te plants his food against the head of Manone, should have been sent off. Very dangerous challenge | 5 | ||
| 62 | FREE KICK | ARS | C | Vito Mannone takes a direct free kick. | 1 | ||
| 63 | FOUL | ARS | C | Mikel Arteta Commits a Regular foul. | 1 | ||
| 63 | FREE KICK | West Ham United | C | 1 | |||
| 65 | GOAL KICK | ARS | C | Olivier Giroud concedes a goal kick. | 1 | ||
| 65 | THROW IN | ARS | C | Carl Jenkinson concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 66 | GOAL KICK | West Ham United | C | Andy Carroll concedes a goal kick. | 1 | ||
| 67 | GOAL KICK | West Ham United | C | Winston Reid concedes a goal kick. | 1 | ||
| 67 | THROW IN | ARS | C | André Clarindo dos Santos concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 69 | OFFSIDE | West Ham United | NC | Nolan was offside, not given | 2 | ||
| 71 | THROW IN | West Ham United | C | James Collins concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 71 | FOUL | West Ham United | ARS | NC | Clipped his ankle right on the line of the penalty area, not given | 3 | |
| 71 | PENALTY | West Ham United | NC | For the foul on Ramsey | 5 | ||
| 72 | CORNER | West Ham United | C | Jussi Jääskeläinen concedes a corner kick. | 1 | ||
| 72 | CORNER | West Ham United | C | Winston Reid concedes a corner kick. | 1 | ||
| 73 | THROW IN | West Ham United | C | Matthew Taylor concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 74 | CORNER | West Ham United | C | Matthew Taylor concedes a corner kick. | 1 | ||
| 75 | CORNER | West Ham United | C | James Tomkins concedes a corner kick. | 1 | ||
| 76 | GOAL | ARS | C | Theo Walcott scores a goal for Arsenal. | 1 | ||
| 76 | YELLOW | ARS | C | Theo Walcott recieves a YellowCard for the following reason: ExcessiveCelebration. | 1 | ||
| 77 | THROW IN | West Ham United | C | Andy Carroll concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 77 | FOUL | West Ham United | C | Matthew Taylor Commits a Regular foul. | 1 | ||
| 77 | FREE KICK | ARS | C | André Clarindo dos Santos takes a direct free kick. | 1 | ||
| 78 | GOAL KICK | West Ham United | C | Kevin Nolan concedes a goal kick. | 1 | ||
| 79 | CORNER | West Ham United | C | James Collins concedes a corner kick. | 1 | ||
| 80 | CORNER | West Ham United | C | James Collins concedes a corner kick. | 1 | ||
| 81 | THROW IN | West Ham United | C | Mohamed Diamé concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 82 | GOAL | ARS | C | Santiago Cazorla scores a goal for Arsenal. | 1 | ||
| 84 | GOAL KICK | ARS | C | Lukas Podolski concedes a goal kick. | 1 | ||
| 85 | GOAL KICK | West Ham United | C | George McCartney concedes a goal kick. | 1 | ||
| 85 | FOUL | West Ham United | C | Matthew Taylor Commits a Regular foul. | 1 | ||
| 85 | YELLOW | West Ham United | C | Matthew Taylor recieves a YellowCard for the following reason: Foul. | 1 | ||
| 85 | FREE KICK | ARS | C | Aaron Ramsey takes a direct free kick. | 1 | ||
| 86 | FOUL | West Ham United | C | Andy Carroll Commits a Regular foul. | 1 | ||
| 86 | FREE KICK | ARS | C | Carl Jenkinson takes a direct free kick. | 1 | ||
| 88 | CORNER | ARS | C | Carl Jenkinson concedes a corner kick. | 1 | ||
| 89 | FOUL | ARS | C | Olivier Giroud Commits a Regular foul. | 1 | ||
| 89 | FREE KICK | West Ham United | C | Mark Noble takes a direct free kick. | 1 | ||
| 89 | CORNER | West Ham United | C | George McCartney concedes a corner kick. | 1 | ||
| 92 | GOAL KICK | ARS | C | Carl Jenkinson concedes a goal kick. | 1 | ||
| 94 | THROW IN | ARS | C | Aaron Ramsey concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 94 | THROW IN | ARS | C | Laurent Koscielny concedes a throw in. | 1 | ||
| 95 | GOAL KICK | West Ham United | C | Matthew Taylor concedes a goal kick. | 1 | ||
Let us have a look at his competence numbers in this game
| COMPETENCY SUMMARY – Phil Dowd (2012-10-06) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period 1 | Called | Total | Correct % | ||||
| 2ND YELLOW | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | ||||
| CORNER | 9 | 9 | 100.00 | ||||
| FOUL | 10 | 13 | 76.92 | ||||
| FREE KICK | 9 | 12 | 75.00 | ||||
| GOAL | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | ||||
| GOAL KICK | 5 | 5 | 100.00 | ||||
| OFFSIDE | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | ||||
| THROW IN | 14 | 14 | 100.00 | ||||
| YELLOW | 3 | 3 | 100.00 | ||||
| TOTAL | 53 | 60 | 88.33 | ||||
| WEIGHTED | 53 | 75 | 70.67 | ||||
| Period 2 | Called | Total | Correct % | ||||
| CORNER | 11 | 11 | 100.00 | ||||
| FOUL | 9 | 10 | 90.00 | ||||
| FREE KICK | 9 | 9 | 100.00 | ||||
| GOAL | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | ||||
| GOAL KICK | 11 | 11 | 100.00 | ||||
| OFFSIDE | 1 | 2 | 50.00 | ||||
| PENALTY | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | ||||
| RED | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | ||||
| THROW IN | 17 | 17 | 100.00 | ||||
| YELLOW | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | ||||
| TOTAL | 62 | 66 | 93.94 | ||||
| WEIGHTED | 62 | 77 | 80.52 | ||||
| Totals | Called | Total | Correct % | ||||
| 2ND YELLOW | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | ||||
| CORNER | 20 | 20 | 100.00 | ||||
| FOUL | 19 | 23 | 82.61 | ||||
| FREE KICK | 18 | 21 | 85.71 | ||||
| GOAL | 4 | 4 | 100.00 | ||||
| GOAL KICK | 16 | 16 | 100.00 | ||||
| OFFSIDE | 2 | 3 | 66.67 | ||||
| PENALTY | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | ||||
| RED | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | ||||
| THROW IN | 31 | 31 | 100.00 | ||||
| YELLOW | 5 | 5 | 100.00 | ||||
| TOTAL | 115 | 126 | 91.27 | ||||
| WEIGHTED | 115 | 152 | 75.66 | ||||
Let us see if it evens out in this game and have a look at the bias numbers
| BIAS SUMMARY – Phil Dowd (2012-10-06) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period 1 | West Ham United | % | Arsenal | % | Total |
| Correct For | 21 | 39.62 | 32 | 60.38 | 53 |
| Correct For Weighted | 21 | 39.62 | 32 | 60.38 | 53 |
| Incorrect Against | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | 100.00 | 7 |
| Incorrect Against Weighted | 0 | 0.00 | 22 | 100.00 | 22 |
| Fouls Commited | 7 | 53.85 | 6 | 46.15 | 13 |
| Fouls Penalised | 5 | 71.43 | 5 | 83.33 | 10 |
| Period 2 | West Ham United | % | Arsenal | % | Total |
| Correct For | 22 | 35.48 | 40 | 64.52 | 62 |
| Correct For Weighted | 22 | 35.48 | 40 | 64.52 | 62 |
| Incorrect Against | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 100.00 | 4 |
| Incorrect Against Weighted | 0 | 0.00 | 15 | 100.00 | 15 |
| Fouls Commited | 8 | 80.00 | 2 | 20.00 | 10 |
| Fouls Penalised | 7 | 87.50 | 2 | 100.00 | 9 |
| Totals | West Ham United | % | Arsenal | % | Total |
| Correct For | 43 | 37.39 | 72 | 62.61 | 115 |
| Correct For Weighted | 43 | 37.39 | 72 | 62.61 | 115 |
| Incorrect Against | 0 | 0.00 | 11 | 100.00 | 11 |
| Incorrect Against Weighted | 0 | 0.00 | 37 | 100.00 | 37 |
| Fouls Commited | 15 | 65.22 | 8 | 34.78 | 23 |
| Fouls Penalised | 12 | 80.00 | 7 | 87.50 | 19 |
Please leave a comment!
Dowd at his (biased) worst it seemed…
I really cannot understand Vaz Te didn’t get a red card for planting his foot against the head of Mannone. Do we really want another Cech? Vaz Te saw Mannone coming and could have easily avoided impact. As a result Vaz Te hurt himself and maybe justice was done but the fact that Dowd didn’t do anything (card wise) was frightening.
Weird that Dowd only got decisions wrong against Arsenal.
Rather business as usual for Dowd when Arsenal is playing…
He can be a great ref but as we saw last season his bias is somewhat his weak spot
Oooh I love statistics.
Has any referee got 100% correct? Allowing for human error I can’t imagine that ever happening.
Also what is the acceptable margin for error in percentages you allow a ref in a game?
And has any ref actually got more decisions wrong for the opposing team?
Walter,
For the sake of absolute clarity, can you please confirm that the reviews of referees in Arsenal games are done, as far as possible, by referees who do not profess to be Arsenal supporters.
I have for years explained the numerous odd refereeing decisions in our games as being down to the (unwritten clause 8b – “unless an Arsenal player is involved”, which I am sure that Dowd had a hand in writing but then I make no pretence to be un-biased.
For this game I think the reviewer got it right and Dowd didn’t. W Ham should have finished with nine players on the pitch.
Andrew,
We now have 9 reviewers who have engaged and try to work for us for the moment.
The minority now are Arsenal supporting refs with 4. The 5 others support various other teams.
Rupert,
In fact this season we have had a couple of 100% scores. (published on referee decisions website)
This is down to the fact that we only overrule the ref when we are 100% sure of him being wrong. (Why do I need to write “him” for refs. come on ladies…. )
The way we work is rather “ref friendly” to be honest… Even though they will not like it 😉
Though I am a big fan of reviews, I have 1 or 2 points to discuss particularly about this review.
How come referee gets 2 wrong decisions for every missed foul? e.g.- min 11: Carroll sticks out his hand. Foul not given by Dowd. -3 and done. Why there is NC decision for free kick again? Free kick is direct result of foul. No foul no free kick. What is the point of giving him -6 points for a missed foul? Just take a case that Dowd missed a foul by Carroll at 11 min and identified a correct foul by Vermaelen at 14th min. Now shouldn’t he have 1 C and 1 NC decision making 50% decisions correct both IN NUMBER and IN WEIGHT?
But here we have 1C and 2 NC decisions and 14% correct in weight. Doesn’t look fair at all.
Another thing- As far as I know, we give the fouls weight of 3. But for all correct decisions for fouls, weight given is 1 and for NC, it is given 3. That’s kinda larger bias than referees have against us. 😉
I am saying all this not to discourage you but just putting my thoughts to make our project more realistic. Keep it up. Cheers
Justin the reason is that making a correct decision is what the ref should do. And we do give ref extra points when e.g. they give a good advantage. That also counts for 2 x 3 points.
The reason we give 2 point lines on each decision is because the ref on the field makes two decisions also.
1. the foul
2. the free kick
A ref could give the foul outside the penalty area (when it is inside as an example) then he gets good points for calling the foul. But when he places the ball outside the penalty area and it should have been inside he loses points for a wrong decision.
GOD forbid, but if we get adraw that will be great, if we win it will be a miracle and if we lose i wont be surprised. We are like something is tied on our legs as of gervinho i dont know how many chances does a striker need!!!!