Mick Gledhill wrote:SL Regular Rounds: With Ganson (98 to date)
Bradford Played 42, Won 25, Drawn 2, Lost 15, 62%
SL Regular Rounds: Without Ganson (96 to 2008)
Bradford Played 305, Won 221, Drawn 8, Lost 76, 74%
So when Ganson is the official we have a minus 12% chance of a win[/b]
Leaving aside the appalling mathematics, There are a couple of obvious reasons for why we have a lower win percentage in super league with Ganson as referee than overall without him.
a) We often get him for the bigger games against the likes of Leeds, Saints, Wigan etc it stands to reason that we would lose an higher percentage of these games especially given our record against these sides in the last few years.
b) Ganson was lower down on the refereeing pecking order in the earlier days of super league it is only from around 2002-2003 onwards that he has been one of the top referees. This means that he has refereed more Bradford games in recent years (as TVOC's list clearly shows). It is during this time that super league has become more competetive with less easy beats then there were in the early days when you only needed to turn up to win against some teams. It is also in recent years that the Bulls have dipped in quality which means losing an higher percentage of games than we used to.
Given the circumstances that I outlined above it would appear that there is nothing to suggest that Ganson is in anyway biased against Bradford. We certainly have been on the wrong end of a few contorversial decisions from Ganson over the years, but then I'm sure there are many fans of other clubs who could say that about particular referees, it does not indicate that referees are in any way biased against those clubs.
