RefWatch – West Bromwich Albion Vs Arsenal (13/05/2012 – 15:00) « Untold Arsenal: Arsenal News, supporting the club, the players and the manager
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- Referee: Michael Jones
- Assistant 1: Mick McDonough
- Assistant 2: Richard West
- 4th Official: Andy D’Urso
Good morning stat-fans and welcome to RefWatch…
Here is it – the last day of the season and here am I saying it doesn’t matter. You heard me right – it doesn’t matter.
Ahh; but what is it that doesn’t matter is the question!?
The answer, fellow Ref Watchers, is the choice of referee for this match because I don’t think it’s going to be an issue… I’ll explain in a minute – but first, here’s the usual stat bundle…
Asian Handicap (betting line) market:
| Home | Handicap | Away |
|---|---|---|
| 2.100 | 3/4 – 0 | 1.800 |
The Under/Over market:
| Over | Handicap | Under |
|---|---|---|
| 1.975 | 3 | 1.925 |
Let’s have a look at the Referee:
- Full name: Michael Jones
- Date of birth:
- Place of birth:
- Resides:
- EPL/ECH Referee Since: 2002/2003
- EPL/ECH Games to date: 181
Michael Jones
It’s Michael Jones again… you remember him:
Let’s check out his stats!
Michael Jones has had 13 games for West Bromwich Albion consisting of 6 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses.
West Bromwich Albion are currently in 13th in Michael Jones’ personal Points Per Game League (for teams with a minimum of 4 matches played), for matches in the EPL/ECH, with an average of 1.62 PPG.
In Michael Jones’ personal Handicap Swing League (for teams with a minimum of 4 matches played), for matches in the EPL/ECH, West Bromwich Albion come 2nd with an average positive swing of 1.33.
West Bromwich Albion are currently in 14th in Michael Jones’s personal Booking’s Per Match League (for teams with a minimum of 4 matches played), for matches in the EPL/ECH, with an overall average of 1.54 BPM.
In Michael Jones’s personal Fouls Per Booking League (for teams with a minimum of 4 matches played), for matches in the EPL/ECH, West Bromwich Albion come 18th with an overall average of 7.95 FPB.
Above is a seasonal breakdown on how, when and where West Bromwich Albion took all their bookings under Michael Jones.
Above is a seasonal breakdown on how, when and where West Bromwich Albion’s opposition took all their bookings under Michael Jones.
Michael Jones has had 6 games for Arsenal consisting of 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Arsenal are currently in 5th in Michael Jones’ personal Points Per Game League (for teams with a minimum of 4 matches played), for matches in the EPL/ECH, with an average of 2.17 PPG.
In Michael Jones’ personal Handicap Swing League (for teams with a minimum of 4 matches played), for matches in the EPL/ECH, Arsenal come 3rd with an average positive swing of 0.73.
Arsenal are currently in 18th in Michael Jones’ personal Booking’s Per Match League (for teams with a minimum of 4 matches played), for matches in the EPL/ECH, with an overall average of 1.67 BPM.
In Michael Jones’ personal Fouls Per Booking League (for teams with a minimum of 4 matches played), for matches in the EPL/ECH, Arsenal come 34th with an overall average of 6.00 FPB.
Above is a seasonal breakdown on how, when and where Arsenal took all their bookings under Michael Jones.
Above is a seasonal breakdown on how, when and where Arsenal’s opposition took all their bookings under Michael Jones.
Let’s move on now to check out how Michael Jones performs against selected teams in the EPL:
As we can see – there are some solid results from West Brom and a triffic couple of seasons from Tottenham in there! Newcastle have been bouncing like a rubber cat over the last four seasons and Arsenal… well – we started with a huge win in 2009/2010 followed by an underperformance in 2010/2011 and this season we are yet to have a game – so on the face of it we might have cause to worry.
The Predictortron gives West Bromwich Albion a 1.342262 goal advantage which again isn’t great news on the face of it (to be honest I’m not sure where it plucked that figure from as it seems to do its own thing these days – I may try and reign it in a bit over the summer and nudge it in the right direction) but what the Predictortron doesn’t know and its cold calculations can never grasp is the fact that Roy Hodgson and Arsene Wenger are mates – it can’t even begin to contemplate that they not only lived near each other while he was manager at Fulham, they used to ‘hang out’. The Predictortron is unwilling to search through all the quotes of support from Arsene Wenger for Roy Hodgson over the years for not only the managerial positions he was in but the possible ones he might get – including some serious ‘big uppage’ that he should manage the team GB for the Olympics way back when (are they still doing that?).
Also, the other serious blind side the Predictortron has is that Roy will probably have use of a few squad members currently playing for the Arsenal team in the future in the shape of Gibbs, The Ox, Jack Wilshire and Walcott and he’s going to want 100% co-operation from these lads and he would probably appreciate them having a bit of Champions League experience under their belts – as would they [the players] and they might respect him [Roy] more if he didn’t send his squad out to kick the shit out of us in a match that means absolutely nothing to them in terms of their league position.
The very last thing that the Predictortron is going to ‘not compute’ is the fact that Roy, no doubt, thinks ‘Arry is a majassive cunt [technical term] for tapping up his job and would cheerfully take any opportunity handed to him to hoof him right in the happy sack – metaphorically speaking of course… well – maybe in real life too.
So you tell me, dear reader, should we be worried?