FIFA World Cup 2014 - GROUP F [Argentina, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Iran, Nigeria - 15/16/21/25 June] **sp
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Ibisevic needs to come on.
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So as it stands Bosnia will be going out thanks to an incorrect offside decision.
Edit: And Dzeko's inability to put the ball in the net.
Edit: And Dzeko's inability to put the ball in the net.
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Would have thought that Bosnia would have done better. So unlucky for them. Surely they will be there in 4 years time though. They can only get better with the experience.
Quick search shows they only have 30+ year old player, with one of them being the 3rd keeper.
Quick search shows they only have 30+ year old player, with one of them being the 3rd keeper.
I don't understand why some form of challenge system hasn't been introduced into football instead of teams relying on bad decisions by refs and officials. Formula 1 has investigations into incidents all the time, Tennis has challenges for balls that are out. Relying on a referee's decision is so outdated in this age of video playback. It's simply not fair for a team to be sent home because of a wrong decision by one person. They have goal line technology, great. It's probably impossible to create technology for offsides and fouls, so video playback should be used to determine these things.
Indeed and also amateur dramatics need to be punished too
Football is massively behind the times compared to most sports. It's like it exists in it's own little bubble of "Everything here is fine, nothing to see, no we don't need anyone's help or improvements so move along thank you"
I can't think of a sport that's more behind the times.
I can't think of a sport that's more behind the times.
You can thank clowns like Blatter and Platini for that. 2 turds that simply won't flush.
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Not really true, almost everyone, every pundit for years has been against video replay. They keep pushing the line of "but it will delay the game, kill the flow", etc, etc. There have been over say the past decade, incredibly few people saying that we need video replay, the significant majority, including fans, pundits, ex pros, FA, fifa, everyone, has been dead set against it.
England in general was against goal line tech till Lampard, then spent 2-3 years begging for it then finally got it..... but people act like they've wanted technology/replays of some form for years, it's been a few at most and even throughout these past few years the majority still don't/didn't want video replays.
It's only in the past year that anyone has really mentioned it seriously(apart from me and a few others). We have threads on here every so often where I'm the most vocal for it and most people seem to be against it. The ratio of for/against changing say every 6 months.
It's politics, when everyone asks for something then those in charge do it, when a not clear majority ask for something it gets ignored. Blatter has been firmly right where public opinion stands, on goal line and on video replay. He's the only person afaik who has publicly now said he quite likes the idea of video replays in football... I can't think of any FA, any manager, anyone else really significant in football to say that.
Blatter is a spiteful little money grubbing poop head, but on these things, he's absolutely not behind the times, the FANS were, and they were following what the fans were asking for. Platini is even worse than Blatter, does nothing for the sport at all. Worth noting that Platini has dropped all support for Blatter and it came pretty much just after Blatter said he would probably push to introduce video replays to the game.
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It is high time that a challenge system was implemented, at least at the top level. The Bosnia game was just one of a long list of situations where an incorrect decision has changed the game. It was an awful decision too.
To those who say that a challenge system would delay the game or break the flow, the solution is simple, limit the number of challenge you can use per half (e.g. 2) and should they be successful then the challenging team can use it again but if the challenge is incorrect then they lose that challenge. It will make the managers think before using the challenge incase there is a clear cut situation that they might miss out on challenging at a later point in the game.
Media, fans, pundits etc have been calling for goal line technology for the best part of the last 10 years, and clowns like Blatter have been reluctant to use it. Video replays for everything under the sun, then yes, I agree most people are against it. But not goal line technology, I can't think of a time when a close goal has been over the line yet not given and a pundit not cry out for goal line technology.
They're holding the game back, Blatter does what Blatter chooses.
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