16 Dec 2016 00:01:39
I saw this week that the first penalty had been awarded using video replays, in Japan I think. Wondered everyone's opinion on implementing this into premier league?
As a big rugby fan it's something I've always criticised football for, I understand the controversy sells papers and the rest but surely it would help cut out diving, stop Jose whining, and generally make it a lot fairer.
Just my thoughts but love to hear your guys opinions!
Happy Christmas folks!

1.) 16 Dec 2016
16 Dec 2016 07:10:43
As long as it doesn't make to many interruptions during the game i'm for it. Also hopefully it will catch out all the players that dive and get them banned aswel.

{Ed001's Note - the decision in the CWC was terrible. It made a mockery of the match.}

2.) 16 Dec 2016
16 Dec 2016 07:22:38
Leave football alone please. Its great as it is. I wouldn't even mind the goal line technology being scraped.

3.) 16 Dec 2016
16 Dec 2016 07:41:22
Rekon they shoild just review all goals. The play stops anyways and there's a minute or 2 before play restarts that is ample time for a review to take place.

4.) 16 Dec 2016
16 Dec 2016 07:59:57
When do you stop play to check the video though? If the ref thinks no penalty play on, I assume you'd wait until play is stopped before an official makes a decision? The next time the ball is dead could be when it's in the net at the other end. Could you imagine what would happen then?

5.) 16 Dec 2016
16 Dec 2016 08:29:28
Im 100% with you, Irish Rover. Leave the perfect game alone. At what point will people be happy with the rules? Stop the tinkering!

6.) 16 Dec 2016
16 Dec 2016 09:20:29
Maybe if each team were given 1or2 review chances ahalf. To go to an off field ref who has video assitance With the aability to overturn offside and red card decisions.

Similar to test cricket.

I suppose the cost if providing this to lower league matches would make it a non starter.
But football is awash with money and all people want at the end of the day is a fair result.

7.) 16 Dec 2016
16 Dec 2016 11:08:17
The problem is entirely due to the incompetence of referees. Too many of them have been refereeing since they were school kids and, consequently, have never played the game, even in the schoolyard. As a result of that, they don't know a good tackle from a foul tackle.

The only criteria they use is, if the player goes down give the free kick and if the player stays on his feet, play on. That's one of the reasons players go down, because they know they will not get the free kick or penalty for a genuine foul unless they do. Rooney getting sent off against Portugal was a prime example. He was hacked at 3 or 4 times and because he stayed on his feet, he wasn't awarded the free kick until he eventually went down.

They have also refereed contact out of the game, so players will now throw themselves. To the ground at the slightest touch. If they were any good or knew anything. About the game and not just the laws, they would be able to recognise that the contact wad minimal and not enough to make the cheat go down and roll over 5 times.

That is also why we see so many poor goals from a defensive point of view these days. Because players are not allowed to defend or tackle properly, due to referee incompetence.

They should be made to attend regular meetings, in the company of 3 ex-professionals, watching endless videos of tackles, with the professionals telling them which tackles are fouls or not and why.

I understand players trying to cheat doesn't help matters but believe that the incompetence of referees had only encouraged them to do so.

Please don't anyone come on here and tell me English referees are the best in the world. I've seen many European games at Anfield, refereed by guys who just got on with the job and you hardly noticed them, as opposed to the preening attention seekers refereeing our games.

8.) 16 Dec 2016
16 Dec 2016 10:47:18
Reviews could be brought in for penalties, as it doesn't affect tennis, cricket or even rugby for that matter and to a degree, it adds to the enjoyment! I love the goal line technology and hope that stays! As for lesser leagues not having the money, reviews are only on the show courts in tennis usually and don't hear many complaints from both players or spectators.

9.) 16 Dec 2016
16 Dec 2016 12:32:22
I'm happy with penalties being left as they are, but I think offsides should be checked if a goal is scored. A linesman failing to spot an offside is my biggest issue with football.

10.) 16 Dec 2016
16 Dec 2016 13:13:35
Well, and you wonder why rugby isn't as popular as football. Every sport has its ways of officiating and football has theirs. It's full of mistakes and human errors but that's what makes the game so fun and controversial. Plus I'm assuming a few jobs will be lost as well if we depend more on machines. Goal line technology made sense as it shouldn't be a judgment call, it's either in or it's not, but things like penalty decisions or offsides have more fine details so leave it up to the referee and linesman to decide as the match goes on. It works in certain games like rugby, NFL, tennis etc but it will take some flavour out of football. Most people that are calling for the rule are avid supporters of other sports that have the rule, otherwise die hard football fans are fine with it being how it is.

11.) 16 Dec 2016
16 Dec 2016 15:32:40
nice to see so many passionate football fans! I understand when we start changing rules and other bits and pieces that it would soon get out of hand, and no one wants to see the game stop start with referees looking at any little detail.

Offside goals can be frustrating but as is said fairly often it evens itself out throughout the course of a season. Diving however is something that really gets to me and video refs could help cut this out but I also read somewhere about players getting cited for diving i. e being banned for subsequent games following a blatant dive as they would for a red card. surely this would be easy enough to implement into the game and be beneficial to all.

12.) 16 Dec 2016
16 Dec 2016 16:05:58
We complain about referees but only because we have the benefit of replays, live we get as many decisions wrong as they do (probably more) .

We have the technology to do this, we just need FIFA to get the implementation right. Somebody above complained about goal line technology but that's a perfect example of technology being used correctly. It's accurate, fast, doesn't slow down play at all and prevents errors in a crucial area.

For me it can't come soon enough.

13.) 16 Dec 2016
16 Dec 2016 16:34:41
Diving could be dealt with by retrospective action which could easily deter players.

{Ed025's Note - sounds good to me irish..

14.) 16 Dec 2016
16 Dec 2016 17:36:21
The problem with what you said Irish is that a lot of things that do happen which should be dealt with retrospectively isn't.

15.) 16 Dec 2016
16 Dec 2016 18:27:07
I agree irsh, that's exactly how you cut it out naturally without changing the rules and the flow of the game.

16.) 16 Dec 2016
16 Dec 2016 21:55:38
If the video ref is brought in what the hell will we have left to argue about on Mondays?

17.) 17 Dec 2016
17 Dec 2016 01:34:06
I tbink the linesman is an impossible job.
When you have to look exactly when the ball is played and then move your eyes to the line of attack, often a perfectly timed run is judged offside which is wrong but deemed as within human error tolerance.

18.) 17 Dec 2016
17 Dec 2016 01:46:37
Hang on Irish Rover, why the hell would you remove goal line technology?! You don't keep tradition just for tradition's sake. When association football first formed, if they had access to goal-line technology then they would have used it. It does not impede the flow the game in any way.

19.) 17 Dec 2016
17 Dec 2016 02:01:19
Apparently the view of the majority is that integrity in sport is secondary to newspaper column inches.
Offside decisions etc probably don't even out over a season. That's a myth of the statistically illiterate.
If it doesn't unduly disrupt the flow of the game, is affordable at the level it is applied, and makes for significantly better decisions, it would be unethical not to use it. It does not need to be 100% perfect, just consistent and better than what we have. This is a low bar.