Right Result Articles

Here are a list of articles that covering controversial incidents during matches in the Premiership, and are thus relevant to Right Result.

• Why are people so afraid of instant video analysis in football?

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Right Result Review

Towards the end of the 2006/2007 season I profiled RightResult.net on Soccerlens, and the ‘results’ formed a compelling argument for footballing authorities giving referees more help in making the right decisions.

The RightResult.net formula for judging decisions is not perfect but it is a long way ahead of what we’re doing currently - absolutely nothing.

Seeing the review linked-to above will give you the full extent of how different the Premiership league table would have been for some teams - for example, Tottenham would have been 10th, not 5th, West Ham would have been relegated while Charlton would have survived, and Aston Villa would now be playing in Europe.

Bad refereeing decisions not only cost clubs their financial future but also their sporting future. Who knows whether Charlton will be able to bounce back the first time or not, and whether they will be able to maintain their status when they do?

And would Tottenham have bought so much (or their key players stuck around) if they had finished 10th instead of 5th?

The ‘what-if’ game is a dangerous one to play, but with RightResult we have one thing working in our favor - we have catalogued evidence showing that obvious mistakes made by referees are hurting clubs and their fans.

For the 2007/2008 season (and hopefully beyond), Soccerlens will host the Right Result Premiership League Table (below), which shows what ’should have been’ as well as how the Premier League stands currently. It’s a good side-by-side comparison and at the very least it makes for an informed discussion.

I’m also ironing out the details with RR owners to provide weekly lists of flashpoints / incidents and video clips related to those incidents - hopefully that can be sorted out in the next week or so.

Discuss this topic here in the forum.