Untold Ref Review: Newcastle United 1 – 0 Queens Park Rangers

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Today’s referee is Chris Foy

MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Chris Foy (2012-01-15)
Period 1
Min	Type	Foul from	On	C/NC	Comment	Weight
2	OFFSIDE	QPR		C	correct	1
5	PENALTY	Newcastle		C	ridiculous claim for handball. The ball hit the Newcastle defender high on the arm that was thight to his body. Correct non decision	3
9	OTHER	Guthrie	Buzsaky	C	Trip	1
10	OFFSIDE	QPR		C	assumed correct	1
12	OTHER	Ameobi		C	handball	1
14	OFFSIDE	QPR		C	assumed correct	1
16	OTHER	Simpson	Taylor	NC	“Pushed the defender who tried to clear the ball, not given”	1
18	OTHER	Coloccini	Bothroyd	NC	Held the striker by the arm	1
18	YELLOW	Coloccini		NC	would have been a possible promising attack for QPR	2
20	OTHER	Derry	Cabaye	C	“Frontal tackle, foot on the floor, right on the ankle “	1
20	YELLOW	Derry		C	“Foot stayed on the floor but studs on the ankle, not an outstretched leg so a yellow is correct”	2
26	OTHER	Derry	Guttierez	C	pull	1
27	OTHER	Gabbidon	Ameobi	C	push	1
29	OTHER	Wright_Philips	Guttierez	C	Trip	1
32	OTHER	QPR	Newcastle	NC	jumped in the back not given	1
32	OTHER	Hill	Simpson	C	Trip	1
32	YELLOW	Hill		C	went for the man	2
37	GOAL	Newcastle		C	correct	3
39	OTHER	Bothroyd	Santon	C	wild flying tackle	1
39	YELLOW	Bothroyd		C	“Wild and late, correct card”	2
45	OTHER	QPR	Gutjrie	NC	“push, not given, no advantage signalled”	1
Period 2
Min	Type	Foul from	On	C/NC	Comment	Weight
46	OTHER	Ameobi	Ferdinand	C	Jumped in the back	1
48	OTHER	Coloccini	Helguson	C	Trip	1
52	OFFSIDE	QPR		C	assumed correct	1
53	OTHER	QPR	Ben Arfa	NC	“Pulled him back, lost speed and then lost the ball, no advantage signalled, should have gone back”	1
58	OFFSIDE	QPR		C	assumed correct	1
60	PENALTY	QPR		C	“Newcastle appeal for handball but replay shows it was with the chest, correct non decision”	3
63	OTHER	Newcastle	Derry	NC	Clear push in the back and then picks up the ball and the ref points at the ball?	1
64	OTHER	Newcastle	Helguson	NC	Frontal tackel not given	1
69	OTHER	Mackie	Guthrie	NC	“Jump in the back, advantage given”	0
78	OTHER	Macheda		C	handball	2
79	OTHER	Macheda	Taylor	NC	push on defender not given	1
83	OTHER	Newcastle	Wright-Phiilips	NC	“Jumped in the back, showed studs when on the ground to a QPR player all not given”	1
83	OTHER	Macheda	Guthrie	C	After letting everything go for a minute Machede comes in dangerous. Guthrie saw him coming and could avoid the most of the impact	1
83	YELLOW	Macheda		C	correct but ref if you would be more strict in the seconds before it would not have come that far	2
86	OTHER	Perch	Smith	C	Trip	1
88	OTHER	Mackie	Jonas	C	push	1
90	OTHER	Smith	Ben Arfa	C	held him	1
91	OFFSIDE	QPR		C	assumed correct	1
93	OTHER	Ben Arfa	Hill	C	held him	1

He was spot on to rule out a penalty claim for QPR when the ball did not hit the arm of a Newcastle defender. But after 15 minutes he suddenly dropped his performance. Missing fouls and getting the game a bit bad tempered. Resulting in a yellow card for Derry who made frontal tackle on Cabaye who had to leave the field. If the ref would  have been firmer in the minutes before it might not have happened.

After that he was a bit more alert and gave the needed yellow cards when things got a bit out of hand.

In the second half again a good call when he waved correctly away an appeal for a penalty for handball. The defender controlled it with the chest.

Around the 80 minute mark he suddenly was absent. Some things could and should have been called but because no replays I cannot quote them but I had the feeling he was losing control. Macheda then went in dangerous and suddenly the ref realised why he was on the field and called the foul and gave a yellow.  This was enough to keep him awake for the rest of the game to safe his score.

COMPETENCY SUMMARY – Chris Foy (2012-01-15)
Period 1	Called	Total	Correct %
GOAL	1	1	100.00
OFFSIDE	3	3	100.00
OTHER	8	12	66.67
PENALTY	1	1	100.00
YELLOW	3	4	75.00
TOTAL	16	21	76.19
WEIGHTED	23	29	79.31
Period 2	Called	Total	Correct %
OFFSIDE	3	3	100.00
OTHER	8	14	57.14
PENALTY	1	1	100.00
YELLOW	1	1	100.00
TOTAL	13	19	68.42
WEIGHTED	16	22	72.73
Totals	Called	Total	Correct %
GOAL	1	1	100.00
OFFSIDE	6	6	100.00
OTHER	16	26	61.54
PENALTY	2	2	100.00
YELLOW	4	5	80.00
TOTAL	29	40	72.50
WEIGHTED	39	51	76.47

A rather good score in the first half but the numbers went down in the second half.

BIAS SUMMARY – Chris Foy (2012-01-15)
Period 1	Newcastle United	%	Queens Park Rangers	%	Total
Correct For	14	87.50	2	12.50	16
Correct For Weighted	21	91.30	2	8.70	23
Incorrect Against	3	60.00	2	40.00	5
Incorrect Against Weighted	3	50.00	3	50.00	6
Fouls Commited	4	26.67	11	73.33	15
Fouls Penalised	2	50.00	9	81.82	11
Period 2	Newcastle United	%	Queens Park Rangers	%	Total
Correct For	8	61.54	5	38.46	13
Correct For Weighted	9	56.25	7	43.75	16
Incorrect Against	3	50.00	3	50.00	6
Incorrect Against Weighted	3	50.00	3	50.00	6
Fouls Commited	7	41.18	10	58.82	17
Fouls Penalised	4	57.14	7	70.00	11
Totals	Newcastle United	%	Queens Park Rangers	%	Total
Correct For	22	75.86	7	24.14	29
Correct For Weighted	30	76.92	9	23.08	39
Incorrect Against	6	54.55	5	45.45	11
Incorrect Against Weighted	6	50.00	6	50.00	12
Fouls Commited	11	34.38	21	65.63	32
Fouls Penalised	6	54.55	16	76.19	22

 

The bias score was even for both teams so no complaints about that.

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