The last Untold Ref Review: Wigan Athletic 4 – 0 Newcastle United. Now for the fun.

AND THIS LADIES AND GENTLEMAN IS IT. This is the last Untold Ref Review of the season.

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Today’s referee is Mike Dean –

MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Mike Dean (2012-04-28)
Period 1
Min	Type	Foul from	On	C/NC	Comment	Weight
1	OTHER	Maloney	Simpson	NC	“Dangerous play, ref didn’t give foul but did give Newcastle throw in”	1
2	OTHER	Tiote	Moses	C	Shove	1
2	OFFSIDE	Caldwell		C		1
4	OTHER	McArthur	Ben Arfa	C	Foul	1
6	OFFSIDE	Ba		C		1
7	OTHER	Boyce	Toite	C	Trip	1
12	OTHER	Caldwell	Ba	NC	“Obstructed his run, not given”	1
13	GOAL	Moses		C	Goal okay	3
14	OFFSIDE	Cisse		C		1
15	GOAL	Moses		C	Goal okay	3
16	OTHER	McArthur	Ba	C	Trip	1
17	OTHER	Tiote	Maloney	C	Foul	1
19	OTHER	Alcaraz	Santon	C	“Trip, late, killed promising attack”	1
19	YELLOW	Alcaraz		C	Booked	2
21	OTHER	Cabaye	Moses	C	“Trip, late challenge, might have been booked”	1
25	OTHER	Alcaraz	Ba	NC	“Grabbed shirt, not given”	1
25	OTHER	Ba	Boyce	NC	Ba tripped him but ref should have given previous foul	1
25	OTHER	Williamson	Maloney	NC	“Push, not given”	1
28	OTHER	McArthur		NC	“Handball, not given”	1
28	OTHER	Maloney	Jonas	NC	“Push, not given”	1
29	OTHER	Ben Arfa	Caldwell	NC	If anything Caldwell fouled Ben Arfa	1
33	OTHER	Caldwell	Cisse	C	Foul	1
34	OTHER	Beausejour		C	Improper throw in	1
35	OFFSIDE	Cisse		C		1
36	GOAL	Maloney		C	Goal okay	3
37	OTHER	McArthur	Cabaye	C	Two-footed lunge	1
38	RED	McArthur		NC	“Got yellow, should have been red”	3
38	YELLOW	Simpson		C	Dissent	1
40	OTHER	Di Santo	Santon	NC	“Shove, not given”	1
42	OTHER	McArthur	Santon	C	Trip	1
45	OTHER	Figueroa	Ben Arfa	NC	“Won ball but followed through on Ben Arfa, not given”	1
46	OFFSIDE	Di Santo		C		1
47	GOAL	Di Santo		C	Goal okay	3
49	OTHER	Tiote	McArthur	C	Trip	1
Period 2
Min	Type	Foul from	On	C/NC	Comment	Weight
47	OTHER	Coloccini		NC	“Hanball, not given”	1
47	YELLOW	Coloccini		NC	“Intentional handball to stop attack, not given”	2
47	OTHER	Moses	Coloccini	C	Trip	1
49	OTHER	Maloney	Ben Arfa	C	Attempted trip	1
49	OTHER	McArthur	Cisse	C	“Late challenge, trip, a lot of fouls for someone on a yellow, Dean has a word”	1
52	OTHER	Cabaye	Moses	NC	“Arm to face, not given”	1
53	OFFSIDE	Moses		C		1
56	OTHER	Ba	McArthur	C	Trip	1
59	OFFSIDE	Cisse		C		1
63	OFFSIDE	Cisse		NC	“Was just offside, not given”	1
63	OFFSIDE	Cisse		C	Offside again	1
65	OTHER	Caldwell	Ba	C	Foul	1
69	OTHER	Williamson	Maloney	C	Grabbed/tripped him so as not to go past	1
69	YELLOW	Williamson		NC	Should have been cautioned	2
71	OTHER	Alcaraz		C	Handball	1
72	OTHER	Beausejour	Ben Arfa	C	Pulled him down	1
75	OTHER	McArthur	Cabye	C	“Slid in a bit rashly, caught player, linesman flagged it, ref played advantage. McArthur really shouldn’t be on the pitch”	1
77	OTHER	Williamson	Figueroa	C	Trip	1
80	OTHER	Sammon	Williamson	C	“Trip, advantage played”	1
81	OTHER	Cabaye	Maloney	C	Trip	1
84	OTHER	Maloney	R Taylor	C	Pulled him back	1
90	OTHER	Perch	Beausejour	C	Foul	1
92	OTHER	Gomez	Tiote	C	Obstruction	1

Here is the ref review of the match between Wigan and Newcastle refereed by Mike Dean.  It was a tale of two halves.

Wigan came out strong in the first half.  Victor Moses scored a couple of nice goals before 15 minutes were off the clock.  After that all the calls seemed to go against Newcastle, including McArthur being spared a red card for a two-footed lunge on Yohan Cabaye.  As it was, Newcastle never managed to get back into the match and Wigan added two more goals to make it 4-0 at the end of the half.

Dean’s performance in the second half was better although I felt he should have booked a couple of Newcastle players:  Coloccini for handling, and Williamson for an unsporting challenge.  The wrong calls in the second half favoured Newcastle but it did not really matter because the match was basically over by halftime.  Papiss Cissé did hit the woodwork twice, but there were no goals in this half and the score ended 4-0.

COMPETENCY SUMMARY – Mike Dean (2012-04-28)
Period 1	Called	Total	Correct %
GOAL	4	4	100.00
OFFSIDE	5	5	100.00
OTHER	12	22	54.55
RED	0	1	0.00
YELLOW	2	2	100.00
TOTAL	23	34	67.65
WEIGHTED	33	46	71.74
Period 2	Called	Total	Correct %
OFFSIDE	3	4	75.00
OTHER	15	17	88.24
YELLOW	0	2	0.00
TOTAL	18	23	78.26
WEIGHTED	18	25	72.00
Totals	Called	Total	Correct %
GOAL	4	4	100.00
OFFSIDE	8	9	88.89
OTHER	27	39	69.23
RED	0	1	0.00
YELLOW	2	4	50.00
TOTAL	41	57	71.93
WEIGHTED	51	71	71.83

A bad first half score followed by a better second half performance. With the game seemingly over maybe there was no need more to be a bad ref?

BIAS SUMMARY – Mike Dean (2012-04-28)
Period 1	Wigan Athletic	%	Newcastle United	%	Total
Correct For	11	47.83	12	52.17	23
Correct For Weighted	19	59.38	13	40.63	32
Incorrect Against	1	9.09	10	90.91	11
Incorrect Against Weighted	1	7.69	12	92.31	13
Fouls Commited	15	78.95	4	21.05	19
Fouls Penalised	7	46.67	4	100.00	11
Period 2	Wigan Athletic	%	Newcastle United	%	Total
Correct For	7	38.89	11	61.11	18
Correct For Weighted	7	38.89	11	61.11	18
Incorrect Against	5	100.00	0	0.00	5
Incorrect Against Weighted	7	100.00	0	0.00	7
Fouls Commited	10	58.82	7	41.18	17
Fouls Penalised	10	100.00	5	71.43	15
Totals	Wigan Athletic	%	Newcastle United	%	Total
Correct For	18	43.90	23	56.10	41
Correct For Weighted	26	52.00	24	48.00	50
Incorrect Against	6	37.50	10	62.50	16
Incorrect Against Weighted	8	40.00	12	60.00	20
Fouls Commited	25	69.44	11	30.56	36
Fouls Penalised	17	68.00	9	81.82	26

In the bias score we see a clear advantage towards Wigan in the first half. In the second half with the game won by Wigan it was time to cover his tracks maybe?

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