This is the Hypothetical Premier League.
http://thehpl.net/wk-26-reports-results/
It tracks all decisions that were wrong on the replays then adjusts goal tallies either way to see what the league would look like if we had video refereeing.
We're second, one point off top.
@Damocles excellent find this
Had some spare time this morning so took more time to review the comments in full and they really are quite daming!
What is also interesting is that they captured that many of the major decisions against Manchester City weren't even reviewed on MOTD!
This is more of an issue than most realise as a large percentage of UK based football fans may only use this resource to take it the weekends football
WK. 6
Manchester City 1-2 West Ham (1-2) Referee:
Robert Madley It seems a bit harsh on the east Londoners to suggest their second goal cannot stand on the basis
it was not a corner kick in the first place, with Kolarov seemingly clearing the ball before it crossed the goal-line. However, as the footage provided is inconclusive we have to stick with the official’s original decision and allow Sakho’s decisive strike to stand, avoiding a barrage of cockney complaints to boot.
The volume of time wasting in this match was absolutely ridiculous and Madeley laughed with the West Ham players as they wasted more and more time. I would love to see the statistics for amount of time ball was live in this match. I would be surprised if the ball was active for more than 40 minutes in that match.
I am going to try and dig out this information and would appreciate help if anyone knows where I can obtain this data?
Interesting
article from Howard Hamilton discussing how to compute Ball (not) in play: Effective time in football quality metrics. Exert from article "
I define effective time as the total amount of time that the ball is in play in the match, after removing all stoppages due to fouls, ball outs, corners, substitutions, injuries, goals, and so forth. I like this metric because it expresses the amount of flow in a football match. It takes some skill on the part of both teams to have a match with close to 70 minutes of effective playing time, or 40 minutes for that matter if one team is acting as destroyer."
That match was allowed to be destroyed by Madeley and West Ham
WK. 7
Tottenham 4-1 Manchester City (2-0) Referee:
Mark Clattenburg. De Bruyne is a foot offside for City’s opener. No goal. Then Walker is about three feet off when crossing the ball for Dier equaliser. So still 0-0. And then Kane is a yard offside for the hosts’ third. Hence the HPL score is only 2-0 to the north Londoners.
A really shocking day for the men with the flags.
Wk. 10
Manchester United 0-0 Manchester City (0-0) Referee:
Mark Clattenburg So Louis van Gaal needs no convincing. ‘This is why we want technology to help the referee’ is the best way to paraphrase the Dutchman as he complained Manchester United had been robbed of derby day victory at home to neighbours and title favourites City. He was, of course, refereeing to the moment when Herrera goes tumbling under challenge from Sterling but is booked rather than awarded the penalty everyone in Red demanded.
HP:
At first watch. Yes. Second watch. Maybe. Third watch: No. The Spaniard clearly moves his leg towards his opponent’s, for no other reason that to make contact and go down. The subtle difference between this and, say, Bojan the week before for Stoke at Swansea, is that the Potters man merely delays a movement, and gets clattered as a result, as opposed to Herrera’s unnatural, unnecessary action that makes contact unavoidable no matter what the defender does, including nothing at all. That’s the HPL call, backed by MoTD 2’s ranting and raving Danny Murphy, who obviously in real life would not be able to be a TV ref where Manchester United is concerned. But for now, we will go with hiss, ours and the majority view. The Sun’s Real Table disagrees!.
No mention of Roja stamp on Navas
Wk12.
Aston Villa 0-0 Manchester City (0-0) Referee:
Craig Pawson Sterling takes a dive when Clark’s foot flicks his boot. Great call by the ref not to cave in to the simulating England winger. It is not a trip and not a foul.
Wk 14.
Manchester City 3-1 Southampton (3-1) Referee:
Roger East Steve Davis seems to deliberately arm the ball away from goal following a header. Could have been a penalty but as City score from resulting corner to make it 2-0 we need not worry because, of course, even in the hypothetical world of HPL it is quite impossible for City to score twice in this instant. Later at 1-2 down, Southampton have a good shout for penalty when Fernandino handballs but this is ignored by the pundits and makes no odds to the actual result.
Wk 18.
Manchester City 4-1 Sunderland (5-1) Referee:
Anthony Taylor Sterling is totally taken out at 0-0. Should have been a penalty – not a yellow. Terrible Boxing Day decision that makes absolutely no difference to the score, save goal difference, but
Taylor’s inability to decipher such a blatant foul, and then decree it a nasty piece of simulation from the England man, is worrying.
Wk 20.
Watford 1-2 Manchester City (1-3) Referee:
Martin Atkinson Fernandinho appeals for penalty, claiming Capoue impedes him as he goes for a flicked-on corner midway through second half. No chance of it being given in real life because it is Martin Atkinson with the whistle. HPL, though, can address it and
point to the spot – even if MOTD fail to review it and the initial, therefore unreliable take of the channel’s commentator, Jonathan Pearce, is ‘no’ penalty.
Wk. 21
Manchester City 0-0 Everton (1-0) Referee:
Roger East
Yes, it’s a penalty at end when Stones slides in on Sterling. It’s called momentum and it’s a foul. Pellegrini says: “It was a penalty. It was so clear. It’s unbelievable. But that’s one action in 90 minutes and I am not speaking about that.” Er..,you just did.
Wk. 23
West Ham 2-2 Manchester City (2-2) Referee:
Craig Pawson Collymore says ‘it’s a coming together and not a penalty’ on TalkSPORT when
Jenkinson ‘fouls’ Aguero. So that’s Pawson’s first alleged mistake. HPL thinks it is a spot kick. Jenkinson’s hobbling rather than protesting may give the game away. Trouble is Match of the Day do not review. WTF? Demichelis has to be sent off for lunge on Antonio, according to everyone. The latter incident is something the ref and assistant with flag should get right. A TV ref, of course, would ensure justice is done when it matters – in the game being played.
Wk. 26
Manchester City 1-2 Tottenham (1-1) Referee:
Mark Clattenburg The game begins with Niall Quinn singing Mark Clattenburg’s praises and inevitably ends with
everyone pointing the finger at him over the Spurs penalty that never is. If Rose’s cross it does brush Sterling’s arm after hitting his chest it is still not ‘deliberate’ handball. Henry, Carragher and Quinny all stick the boot into Clattenburg for guessing when he clearly doesn’t know. I’d say one possible line of defence for Clattenburg is a ball bouncing that quickly off different parts of a body can play tricks on the eyes. Anyway, this title showdown ends in stalemate in HPL world.
