The Table Doesn't Lie (Much)

There is a phrase often trotted out that bad decisions cancel themselves out over a season. This is, by and large true, as a look at this alternative version of last years Premiership (not, not) table bears out.

In this table, compiled by The Right Result, bad refereeing decisions are put right. Offside goals are expunged and penalties won by Christiano Ronaldo are removed etc. The table still shows Watford bottom and Manure top, proving that the table doesn't lie (much). However, closer inspection reveals the Hornets hard done by to the tune of 6 points. Funnily enough the same amount by which Man Yoo and Chelski were up.

This is, of course, all arm-waving. For starters the site assumes that all penalties that should have been given, would have been converted. And we all know that any of these decisions going the other way would have changed a game completely and ensured a completely different game from that point on. But it is something to talk about at this bleak football-less time of year.

And interesting reading it does make. Everton were done out of a massive 10 points (despite the panel awarding Watford a win in our opening game of the season - Oh, how it all could've been so different). Spurs gained a UEFA Cup spot thanks to 7 ill-gotten points, denying Aston Villa their deserved European place. Down at the bottom, the Tevez saga should have been made irrelevant, with Wes Tam gaining 7 lucky points thus avoiding their rightful position in Divison Two. The Blades would still have gone down as well, so they can quit their moaning.