https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/eamonn-sweeney-the-numbers-dont-lie-theres-a-cloud-of-a-double-standard-around-how-dublin-are-refereed-38266241.html
A good read so true
Sweeney's a soccer c**t who wouldn't know an O'Neills size 5 if it him on the head.
He might have written a good article - I don't know - but I haven't read anything he has written since he did a scathing article on Armagh about 15 years ago ! I'm not starting now either.
Quote from: The PRO on July 02, 2019, 04:56:32 PM
Sweeney's a soccer c**t who wouldn't know an O'Neills size 5 if it him on the head.
You might argue against the man but you cant argue with the facts he states in the article. Seems pretty clear cut to me
Quote from: tyrone08 on July 02, 2019, 05:20:28 PM
Quote from: The PRO on July 02, 2019, 04:56:32 PM
Sweeney's a soccer c**t who wouldn't know an O'Neills size 5 if it him on the head.
You might argue against the man but you cant argue with the facts he states in the article. Seems pretty clear cut to me
I'm thinking the same. Was never quite sure if the same notion I had was was intuition or begrudgery from me over the past few years. Statistically it now looks like the former.
There is a good body of evidence that home advantage in various sports is in large part due to referees favouring the home team
http://freakonomics.com/2011/12/18/football-freakonomics-how-advantageous-is-home-field-advantage-and-why/
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02640410601038576
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/931502-referee-bias-quantifying-the-homer-effect-and-officiating-home-field-advantage
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259824788_Home_advantage_and_referee_bias_in_European_football