stu_the_red wrote:I'm sick to death of all this change nonense. The idiots at the top have already devalued the Uefa cup (probably the hardest trophy to win before all this stupid ****** change was brought in) and scrapped the cup winners cup.
The cup winners cup should be brought back, the onlly teams ALLOWED in the champions league should be the champions and compitition winners. There should be no video refs either.
Bammo wrote:Goal-line technology should be introduced when it's proven consistently accurate. As for other video replays, if it is to be used during matches then it has to be sparingly. Comparisons to other sports don't hold up unless those sports have a similar style to football. American sports tend to be very stop-start. They have frequent and natural breaks to have the replays in.
Think about how much debate penalty decisions create in football. Even hours after games, having seen replays from numerous angles 100 times, pundits can't always agree. What happens if there are a few incidents per game? Are fans expected to wait 5 mins+ (like in the rugby world cup) for a decision to come back?
It's not practical to do that in-game. What should be done is increased power given to the video-panel. They should have the power to overturn decisions and punish divers/cheats.
Sabre wrote:Bammo wrote:Goal-line technology should be introduced when it's proven consistently accurate. As for other video replays, if it is to be used during matches then it has to be sparingly. Comparisons to other sports don't hold up unless those sports have a similar style to football. American sports tend to be very stop-start. They have frequent and natural breaks to have the replays in.
Think about how much debate penalty decisions create in football. Even hours after games, having seen replays from numerous angles 100 times, pundits can't always agree. What happens if there are a few incidents per game? Are fans expected to wait 5 mins+ (like in the rugby world cup) for a decision to come back?
It's not practical to do that in-game. What should be done is increased power given to the video-panel. They should have the power to overturn decisions and punish divers/cheats.
Good post.
For me the key notion is in your first sentence "consistently accurate". In the goal-line technology I think the accuracy it's reasonable in order to introduce it.
But I'm not sure technology can help always when it comes to decissions like conceding a penalty, and even in the off side situations, more often than not we need to watch the replay slowly and three times and it's hard to tell, you'd almost need photo finish like in the horse races and track and field races. Plus, the best perspective for an off side is the one which is in line with the last defence, a camera view might lead to errors for optical reasons.
In the boxes, it must be mentioned that a contact in the area doesn't mean it's a penalty. And cameras can't measure whether a striker is falling due to the strength applied by the defender or due to the strenght of it's own muscles (diving).
Then you have those situations in which a cheeky Spaniard striker does a small dribble and then drags his foot seeking to contact the defender deliberately. The contact exists, the trip aswell, but it's been forced, is that a penalty?
Even with cameras we'd have hot and not conclussive discussions in many games, and introducing it in the middle of the game would be a bit of madness.
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