Video Replay in Football

[SandroClegane]

Fuck challenges. It should only be available to the ref and is as simple as a ref saying to the video ref via his mic that he wants to review an incident. Play doesn't even have to stop whilst the potential infringement is being reviewed. If the infringement is worthy of a free kick etc then play is pulled back, if not nothing stops and play continues. Occasionally as with the example in the video it can happen after an incident where the ref has already blown, but wants to review his own decision again.

Football needs to catch up and the old excuse that it will slow the game down etc is tiresome. If it's really that shit then they can just scrap it, but no, we carry on making excuses about what will happen and why it's a bad idea based on nothing more than assumptions

I'm fine with that as well. That's what the official did here.

 

[SandroClegane]

What was being reviewed in the match? Whether he was last man or not?

I think it should only be done for black and white decisions, not "opinion" decisions.

I believe they wanted to make sure the player didn't dive before issuing the red card.

 

[WalkerboyUK]

My issue with video replays, and any other technology being brought into it, is that it has to be made available to all levels of the professional game.

Video Replays have only become an issue because of televised games, where we have the benefit of the broadcaster's coverage and technology; where 10 million people all see that a player dived, or didn't handle the ball etc. But would that same technology be made available to a league 2 team? One who doesn't have the infrastructure or funds to even be having the game filmed in the first place, especially with multiple camera angles and slow motion replays? Why would their potential relegation from the football league due to a bad decision be any less important than Real Madrid not getting to their umpteenth CL semi-final? Because the financial stakes are greater? Because everyone sees it on TV?

Football is one of those rare sports where the game you see being played is entirely at the behest of it's natural elements, and the game you play in the park, at School, or in your Sunday League, is exactly the same as the one being played at the top of the professional game. And I think it should totally stay that way.

The moment that we let the broadcasting stakeholders influence the way that the game is played, then it stops being the sport we all grew up playing, and finally becomes just another disposable piece of telly entertainment.

Goal-line technology doesn't exist in England below the Premier League...
Don't really see or hear of teams at that level complaining about it.

As for video replays, well one bonus would have been that Leicester wouldn't have had a penalty on Saturday, it would have just been a free-kick outside the box.

 

[WalkerboyUK]

We need this in football so bad. There are only plus-sides to this being added into the game. Finally, it'll be a completely fair game and there won't be any more bitching about "shit referee decisions".

If this was added to football:

• Diving would be almost completely wiped out
• No more controversial refereeing decisions like bullshit penalties, etc.
• No more swamping the referee about a decision as it could be proven right in front of a players face.

As I said before, no downsides ... except for old people bitching about it ruining the traditionality of football. But who cares about that.

Edit: Also this would only be used forbid decisions that'd cause massive controversy, not small ones.

Stoke got the brunt of the new rule on Saturday. First it was Given who got a yellow card for charging out and complaining about a tackle, and then Arnautovic got a yellow for having a paddy when he was fouled.
Question is - will we see the same happen to United, Chelsea etc.??

 

[Good Doctor M]

Remember everyone said goal-line technology was going to slow the game down, fuck it up and turn it into American football. Remember that? Remember how that didn't happen in even the smallest of ways - but the technology was in fact, so widely in use in other sports that once football embraced it, it seamlessly intigrated and now seems ludicrous that there was ever an argument against it?

Same goes for this.

 

[danedan679]

I think handing power to the broadcasters is the last thing the game needs. Keep it as it is and just ask the players not to cheat!