As in rugby & cricket where judgements are made via video only over whether the ball crossed the line (or other black and white decisions) should technology be used in football. As for more tricky ones like diving, there should be a panel that sits and reviews plays like DZ's yesterday and though it would be too late to affect the result on the day he could be given say a 3 game ban or more. Managers would end up instructing players not to cheat as they are a fat lot of use sitting up in the stand merely worsening their reputation with the fans. It's amazing how the beautiful game has moved on considerably in some ways but not kept up in others...
TT
riocharlie
· 3 years ago
I would add Poll's Failure to red card Makelele in his take down on Villa's breakaway.
Not a fan of technology for 3 reason's:
1. Even with Technology, the correct call is not garaunteed.
2. No Matter the process, it slows things down.
3. Officials in sports with technology, in my view, erode in their quality. Be it that they get lazy or less keen knowing that the techs are there to save their bacon or what, i just see a general deterioration in the quality.
Ole 'Arry went on to see it all evens out in the end. Thinks hes right leave it be, just get competent officals and train and supervise them properly
Anonymous
· 3 years ago
It's easy in many other sports to have video (e.g., American Football) when you have so many breaks in the play. I can't see this happening in soccer. Do you pause the match and review? If you do that in the Spurs match, do you "punish" Portsmouth by taking away an opportunity to counterattack? Watching it live, it looked like a clip to me. Even on replay, it's a tough call. I think things like this even out during the course of a season. I would not support having a 3-game ban being decided by a group of officials watching replays. That's a bit harsh. Referees makes mistakes. That's true in any sport.
Anonymous
· 3 years ago
I agree with the two opinions above. No technolgy in football! And, yes, I went crazy as a Liverpool fan after the free kick call that led to the first Bolton goal. For me, this is part of the game, folklore, whatever you want to call it, (Maradona's hand of "god", Jeff Hurst's third goal v. Germany that never should have stood, etc.) Football is a fast pace, free flowing game, and that's the beauty of it. Can you imagine what will happen to the flow, and quality of the game if they let a team "challenge" a ref's decision. Let them do it in american football, but not in the beautiful game. There's a reason why the rules of football haven't changed much over the 120 + years that the game has been played!
JC
· 3 years ago
I want the technology. Not in some ridiculous replay-form like the NFL, but simply another official, in a booth on the sidelines, watching exclusively on a tv.
Frankly, I think the NFL should do the same.
JC
· 3 years ago
Obivious Note: the tv I have in mind includes the ability to watch replays.
Anonymous
· 3 years ago
Good debate going on now about this on the Guardian Sport Blog
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TT
Not a fan of technology for 3 reason's:
1. Even with Technology, the correct call is not garaunteed.
2. No Matter the process, it slows things down.
3. Officials in sports with technology, in my view, erode in their quality. Be it that they get lazy or less keen knowing that the techs are there to save their bacon or what, i just see a general deterioration in the quality.
Ole 'Arry went on to see it all evens out in the end. Thinks hes right leave it be, just get competent officals and train and supervise them properly
Football is a fast pace, free flowing game, and that's the beauty of it. Can you imagine what will happen to the flow, and quality of the game if they let a team "challenge" a ref's decision. Let them do it in american football, but not in the beautiful game. There's a reason why the rules of football haven't changed much over the 120 + years that the game has been played!
Frankly, I think the NFL should do the same.