Untold Ref Review: Sunderland 0 – 0 Tottenham Hotspur

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Today’s referee is Chris Foy –

MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Chris Foy (2012-04-07)
Period 1
Min	Type	Foul from	On	C/NC	Comment	Weight
1	OTHER	VDV	Colback	C		1
7	OTHER	Bardsley	Bale	C		1
12	OTHER	McClean	Walker	C		1
21	OTHER	Bendtner	Parker	C	Could easilyhave been a yellow, tackle was a little naughty	1
22	OTHER	Kaboul	Bendtner	C		1
23	OTHER	Walker	McClean	C		1
27	OTHER	Adebayor		C	Handball	1
28	OTHER	Cattermole	Bale	C		1
29	OTHER			N/C	Advantage played after a silly challenge by Cattermole on Sandro, none gained so should have taken game back	1
29	YELLOW	Cattermole		N/C	This was a dangerous reckless challenge that was s split second away from being a leg breaker, should at least have been a yellow and a stern chat	2
30	OTHER	Cattermole	Sandro	C		1
35	OTHER	McClean	Sandro	C	Again could have been a yellow	1
36	OTHER	Gardner	Modric	C		1
37	OTHER	Parker	Sessegnon	C	Assumed correct	1
38	OTHER	Gardner	Adebayor	C		1
39	OTHER	Assou	Sessegnon	C		1
44	OFFSIDE	Bendtner		C	Assumed correct	1
Period 2
Min	Type	Foul from	On	C/NC	Comment	Weight
46	OTHER	Larsson	Bale	C		1
52	OTHER	Gallas	Gardner	C		1
52	YELLOW	Gallas		N/C	Foy has clearly left his yellow card in the car, again this was a reckless challenge coming down hard and late on Gardners foot with his studs	2
56	OFFSIDE	Adebayor		C		1
61	OTHER	Sandro	Kilgannon	C		1
61	YELLOW	Sandro		C	A silly challenge, and a good yellow, but please Ref be consistent	2
65	OTHER	Bendtner	Walker	C		1
66	OTHER	Gardner	Modric	N/C	Ref misses shirt being pulled back	1
78	OTHER	Gardner	Modric	C		1
80	OTHER	Walker	McClean	N/C	Ref misses a push in back	1
83	OTHER	Walker	McClean	C		1
86	OTHER	Walker	McClean	N/C	Both went for a header bur Walker jumped at the man not the ball	1
87	OTHER	Kaboul	Larsson	N/C	Larsson knocks the ball past Kaboul, who impedes Larsson, no foul given	1
87	YELLOW	Larsson		N/C	Sorry Ref but you got this all wrong from about 3 yards and looking straight at it	2
87	OTHER	Parker	Larsson	N/C	Parker looses the ball and hooks his leg around Larsson, Ref does not see it	1
88	OTHER	Assou	Sessegnon	C		1
88	YELLOW	Assou		C	Ref was entitled to caution for this challenge	2
89	OTHER			C	Good advantage played as Colback tries to trip Bale to prevent him running at Gardner	0
89	YELLOW	Colback		N/C	The move broke down with a crunching but just fair tackle on Bale by Gardner, but the Ref should have gone back and cautioned Colback for the attempted trip	2
90	OTHER			C	Stop play for treatment to Bale and start with a drop ball, giving the ball to Sunderland who had possession	0
92	OTHER	Vaughan	Lennon	C		1
92	YELLOW	Vaughan		C	Good yellow, but again I question his consistency, there have been worse challenges unpunished	2
94	OFFSIDE	Defoe		C		1

 

This was a dour encounter, Sunderland tried to suck spurs in and hit them on the counter, and Spurs were far from their best not having the guile to open up Sunderland. Both teams were poor, giving the ball away with alarming frequency for premiership footballers. There were a couple of pen calls, one for each side, but it was desperation by both sets of players and by Sky TV who were all guilty of wishful thinking and  needed something to happen, anything to bring this game to life. The Ref was right and he never gave either incident a second thought. The players, it must be said managed to beat the crowd and the watching audience into submission, producing a really drab and technically poor performance that will stay in the memory for exactly 0 seconds

Foy was slow to pull out the yellow cards, he let a few silly challenges go, the worst by Cattermole should have been cautioned and could have been a red, and Gallas too should have been cautioned. Bendtner can also consider himself lucky not to have a yellow as Foy started the game in a generous mood.

On another note, it was pleasing to see Adebayor once again fade at the business end of the season, he truly is a fair weather friend.  He was awful, absolutely awful!

COMPETENCY SUMMARY – Chris Foy (2012-04-07)
Period 1	Called	Total	Correct %
OFFSIDE	1	1	100.00
OTHER	14	15	93.33
YELLOW	0	1	0.00
TOTAL	15	17	88.24
WEIGHTED	15	18	83.33
Period 2	Called	Total	Correct %
OFFSIDE	2	2	100.00
OTHER	10	15	66.67
YELLOW	3	6	50.00
TOTAL	15	23	65.22
WEIGHTED	18	29	62.07
Totals	Called	Total	Correct %
OFFSIDE	3	3	100.00
OTHER	24	30	80.00
YELLOW	3	7	42.86
TOTAL	30	40	75.00
WEIGHTED	33	47	70.21

A rather good first half but followed by a not that good second half.

BIAS SUMMARY – Chris Foy (2012-04-07)
Period 1	Sunderland	%	Tottenham Hotspur	%	Total
Correct For	6	40.00	9	60.00	15
Correct For Weighted	6	40.00	9	60.00	15
Incorrect Against	0	0.00	2	100.00	2
Incorrect Against Weighted	0	0.00	3	100.00	3
Fouls Commited	9	64.29	5	35.71	14
Fouls Penalised	8	88.89	5	100.00	13
Period 2	Sunderland	%	Tottenham Hotspur	%	Total
Correct For	7	63.64	4	36.36	11
Correct For Weighted	8	66.67	4	33.33	12
Incorrect Against	7	70.00	3	30.00	10
Incorrect Against Weighted	11	73.33	4	26.67	15
Fouls Commited	4	30.77	9	69.23	13
Fouls Penalised	4	100.00	4	44.44	8
Totals	Sunderland	%	Tottenham Hotspur	%	Total
Correct For	13	50.00	13	50.00	26
Correct For Weighted	14	51.85	13	48.15	27
Incorrect Against	7	58.33	5	41.67	12
Incorrect Against Weighted	11	61.11	7	38.89	18
Fouls Commited	13	48.15	14	51.85	27
Fouls Penalised	12	92.31	9	64.29	21

The wrong calls slightly favoured Tottenham in this game. Much to the relief of Chris Hoy I think.

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