chestervegasblue
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Some interesting points of view here. Would FIFA be better off making the rules that cause controversy (i.e. that Newcastle goal) more concrete?
The perfect fumble said:MaineRoadmcfc said:Another huge step in killing football. Americans will love it though
Agreed.
With Blatter you always question his motives, he never does anything for its own sake, what does he gain by implementing this?
JoeMercer'sWay said:problem is it doesn't stop the likes of Mason, "up to the ref to change his mind" well if they don't want to give it us, they won't change their mind. It has to be like cricket where the decision is then taken away from the umpire, otherwise it's a pointless mechanism other than to give the Dippers and Rags a penalty because they were barely touched.
It would require a fundamental change to the laws of the game though. So much of football is based on the opinion of the referee and lots of situations can be legitimately argued one way or the other. Video evidence wouldn't solve any of those issues.chestervegasblue said:Some interesting points of view here. Would FIFA be better off making the rules that cause controversy (i.e. that Newcastle goal) more concrete?
Dubai Blue said:It would require a fundamental change to the laws of the game though. So much of football is based on the opinion of the referee and lots of situations can be legitimately argued one way or the other. Video evidence wouldn't solve any of those issues.chestervegasblue said:Some interesting points of view here. Would FIFA be better off making the rules that cause controversy (i.e. that Newcastle goal) more concrete?
If anything has to be introduced, I'd restrict it to a video ref checking for blatant infringements (offside, handball) immedialy preceding a goal. He could check that while the players are off celebrating and it wouldn't impact the flow of the game.
I know that doesn't solve the problem of a goalscoring opportunity being denied because of an infringement, but I don't see how that could work anyway.
the god Gerry Gow said:Umpires in cricket can't be arsed giving decisions anymore knowing they can refer if anything happens
JoeMercer'sWay said:the god Gerry Gow said:Umpires in cricket can't be arsed giving decisions anymore knowing they can refer if anything happens
don't think that's true, they just can't be arsed making correct ones once they know they can't have them overturned.