Caporegime
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Can only be good for the game I think. If it goes without a hitch, how long before it's implemented in the Prem?
Europa League Introduces 5 Man Ref Team
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Can only be good for the game I think. If it goes without a hitch, how long before it's implemented in the Prem?
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Unfortunately its not an improvement, the biggest issue with current referee's is they have to be looking at exactly the right point at the right second to tell if somethings a foul or not, 2 more people might grab a couple more decisions but from single angles which, as we can see from replays, a ridiculous dangerous red card tackle from one angle, can appear like a dive and no contact was made from another. The other KEY problem being that, we barely have enough good ref's now anyway, and linesmen, another 2 linesmen for every game in the country at every level is a massive number of new ref's/linesmen, and we are sorely lacking in the quality of those officials already.
Its so easy and obvious that the best way is to give ref's the chance to see multiple angles for the biggest decisions. THe majority of the time small fouls, the odd offside and things don't actually change games, the big decisions so frequently do, infact theres rarely a game without at least one game changing incorrect decision.
Video replays will take away the human face of the game? What? UNless we replace the ref's with robots its still the ref who see's the replays and decides.
The thing of it is, the red flag American footie system is ingenius, 2 red flags, big decision throw a flat, 30 seconds of the incident from all angles for the ref alone, he makes his call, 99.9999% of the calls are correct when done like this. If you throw a flag just to waste time for a decision that was correct, you lose the flat, so flags are simply not ever misused to waste time or break up a play.
THe great thing is though, if we used that setup for 3 weeks, the whole 1 minute, maybe 2 per game that gets used up would almost disappear anyway. Diving would simply never get anything but a yellow card, yanking shirts on the blind side of the ref would be a penalty, because you would almost never ever get away with these fouls, they'd dissappear from the game as would almost all cheating.
Accidental fouls still happen, tough challenges happen, but flat out cheating, diving and things like stamps would be almost non existant in the game.
And this is why one man shouldn't be in charge of an organisation, it should be a panel consisting of people from each country taking part in European football competition. Him and Blatter at FIFA are control freaks who impose their own opinions when making decisions. While this could be considered a step in the right direction giving the referee additional help, it still does not rule out human error. If they are adding additional support to the field, they might as well include two more linesmen with 20/20 vision as I don't see how it's possible for some linesmen to keep up with the action, yet they stick their flag up in situations where the attacker is onside. And while I'm ranting, why not stick a huge tv screen in each stadium to show instant replays.
I dont see whats the big problem with using video technology in games. People think it'll slow a game down, but I dont think it will at all. I think its better to get a big decision correct then letting it spill out on the pitch in frustration and anger and basically destroying the game on the field and creating animosity against the refs.
Exactly. It's ironic considering they brought in a rule a few years back when a player receives treatment he has to leave the pitch and return in order for play to continue, I'm sure it was introduced to put players off faking injuries but all it does is waste time and break up play. They really are afraid of proper change for the good of the game.
Bringing more officials in and around the pitch doesn't address the real issues. They don't get to see an incident twice, they all see it in real time. The big decisions in games can be decided within seconds with technology, I don't see why Platini doesn't see this. He's scared of football losing it's human face, who the hell does he think will be watching the replays and informing the referee if they used technology, Johnny5!
The way I see it is there will be no point in players trying to cheat or arguing with the ref when they know once it goes the video ref they'll lose. So in the end a fairer system that's not as disruptive to the flow of game as some people are fearing.