Quote: Jonesy's a Legend "it would be funny if the next time mac was interviewed after a game by sky if he just kept replying "i can't answer that one bill"
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Especially if (as in Perpignan) the man holding the microphone is Terry O'Connor.
The question asked IIRC was along the lines of Leeds having to play the last 33 mins with only 12 men showing great character - with McDermott replying 'I don't think that had a bearing on the game to be honest.' Then he launched into his pre-prepared statement - it was almost as if he expected to be commenting after a defeat.
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Quote: Jonesy's a Legend "Phil Clarke on Boots 'n' All stats programme the other week showed them and it showed Mac was right in what he'd claimed. '"
The stats pack feature showed Les Catalans had received more penalties by season total than they conceded in home games over the last four years (2009 to 2012) and they also showed that remained the case in 2013.
It looked at no other teams equivalent counts in their home fixtures by way of a comparison - those counts would be useful to see - but they did say there would be a follow up further down the track so hopefully the Catalan figures can be put in more context.
Quote: Jonesy's a Legend "Cannot remember the exact ratio but I think it was something along the lines of Catalans have been awarded 4 x as many penalties at home per game than all other home teams in SL over the last 4 seasons'"
I don't think that's what the stats pack analysis showed as I don't recall any comparison being made to any other SL club's totals.
The figures produced on the stats pack were
Year For Against
2013 57 23
2012 147 91
2011 114 94
2010 118 100
2009 113 96[/code
Using those it would appear Les Catalans have received 549 while conceding 404 in home fixtures over that period. They didn't say which games they covered (ie the total of Reg, PO, CC or a sub-set) so difficult to calculate a precise average but just supposing those totals related only to the SL Regular Rounds (57) that equates to a 2.5 penalty per match advantage to the home team.
I think Clarke inflated that difference to 4 per match and then tried to say but that's OK because they have more travelling to do than any other team in SL - as if that should be in any way taken into consideration.