Bosses call for technology

[mawspurs]

Premiership managers Martin Jol and Neil Warnock have called for the introduction of video technology in a bid to help referees.

source - skysports

Both Jol and Warnock have suffered believed injustices that they say could have been avoided if the referee had access to video technology.

The comments come on the back of FIFA president Sepp Blatter's recent recommendation that technology, in the shape of an electronic chip inside the ball to help with goal-line incidents, should be used in the World Club Championship played in Tokyo next year.

Spurs boss Jol said: "I do try to back referees because they have a difficult job. But in certain situations - and I go back to that Pedro Mendes 'goal' at Old Trafford - I think their job would be easier if they could use technical equipment or the fourth official to review incidents.

"This works well in other sports, like rugby, and we believe there is a lot we could learn from our fellow sporting professionals who play with the oval ball," he said.

Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock, never shy of expressing his opinion, is far from happy with the performance of referee Mike Riley, who ruled out a late Blades equaliser at West Ham on Saturday, claiming that the goal would have stood if technology was utilized correctly.

Warnock was so incensed by the decision, he thought it necessary to leave a message on the mobile of referees' chief Keith Hackett calling for answers.

Warnock said: "Let me put it this way, we would have got a point on Saturday if there had been video technology. That's a cert.

"It's definitely time it was introduced. Unfortunately for Keith, the referees aren't good enough without technology to make the decisions that count.

"It's no coincidence this season that there have been so many (bad decisions). But we have technology in cricket, rugby and tennis. Wimbledon can detect if a ball is in or out that's travelling at 100mph.

"I think in football they (FIFA) are loathe to do it because they feel human mistakes make the game what it is. That's rubbish. Having said that, we haven't a cat in hell's chance of bringing in technology for decisions like Saturday," he added.

[DogsOfWar]

I'm always amazed by football's lack of interest in bringing relatively simple technologies into the game to help 'referee' it.
A chip in the ball with a local GPS style system could easily be used to check whether the ball had crossed any line, not just the goal line.
These simple chips could also be put into players shirts to facilitate more accurate offside decisions. The linesman could press a button when the ball is kicked, a snapshot of the relative positions of the players is taken, and if the forward is offside an audible bleep is sent back.

It could also be used to make sure players are actually ten yards away from the ball at free kicks. When the ref has moved the wall back he pushes his button which triggers the system to check for infringements, only releasing it when the ball has been played. Anyone caught out gets an automatic yellow card, problem solved.

If we then intoduce retrospective punishment for 'cheating', diving, violent counduct etc. then I don't think there is much left to address.

If only the football authorities had the balls to do it.

[chrizzah]

We have been hearing this from all the top managers for a longtime now, its about time they bloody do somthing about it though it really would slow the game down and i could imagine players faking attacks on them to pull out the time and so on.

[bouncebackability]

i dont see a problem with it, as they said on MOTD there is a natural break in the game after a decision, IE defoes wait to take that pen against B'Burn and whilst there at it, only allow the captain to talk to the referee as in rugby, the result of any backchat should rwesult in a yellow....really dont see the problem!

[Kinger]

The only thing I don't understand about this is surely the only person that can ask for the decision of the 4th official is the referee. If there is fears of slowing the game down then surely it's down to the referees to deem what needs to go to video replay and what doesn't.

There is still wrong decisions in rugby, but surely it's up to the referee to 'get help' when he needs it.

[roosh]

i dont see a problem with it, as they said on MOTD there is a natural break in the game after a decision, IE defoes wait to take that pen against B'Burn and whilst there at it, only allow the captain to talk to the referee as in rugby, the result of any backchat should rwesult in a yellow....really dont see the problem!

if the referee stops the game it isn't really a natural break.

the whole issue of video refereeing would inevitably slow the game and interrupt its flow,plus it would give players another reason to hassle the ref i.e. calling for him to use the video ref, presuming he was responsible for deciding when to use it.It would also have to be decided what kind of decisions it should be used for.Players would no doubt find a way to exploit it to their advantage in terms of time-wasting.

why does technology have to be the answer?4 Umpires,one on each post would solve a lot of the problems without creating too many new ones.Firstly they could be responsible for making those decisions about whether or not the ball crosses the line plus they could help the ref make decisions on incidents in and around the box.they could do this without any need to consult a video ref.if they spot an infringement,or the ball crossing the line they simply raise their arm or communicate with the ref in the same way as the linesmen - this way the game isn't interrupted to get the opinion of the video ref.