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Video replays to get it right.

johnkelv

johnkelv

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This friendly between two football super powers overturns two decisions, which would have affected the result. Take a look and decide for yourself.
https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/video-replays-spain-2-0-win-france-two-decisions-overturned?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=sportskeeda
 
Excellent endorsement of the use of video technology to ensure that the correct decision is made. Who knew eh?

Pretty much everyone except the old farts in FIFA and UEFA who dragged their heals for years whilst other sports were developing and implementing similar systems which supported the officials and didn't, as FIFA always maintained, 'undermine the referee'. I cannot free with the author's assertion that it "was understandable why football was so slow to catch up with the times" referring to the delays whilst the VAR was consulted. In an average match the ball is only in play for approximately 60 of the 90 minutes so there are many, many other occasions when there are delays often generated by the players - standing in front of free kicks; goalkeepers cleaning their boots, doing their hair or adjusting their socks and searching for the perfect blade of grass to kick from etc.

Bring it on. Cannot happen soon enough for me.
 
Nice to see it being given a vote of confidence by Didier Deschamps despite being on the wrong end of both decisions (he might have been less effusive had it not been a friendly mind you).
 
Bringing it in is common sense. A complete no-brainer. But what's the betting the old farts at the FA will want to "trial it" here for two seasons.......begining the season after next.
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ITV had Paul Ince, who even after it was shown that the correct decisions were made disagreed with the technology and said that it took the passion out of the game. His reason was that the fans were celebrating a goal and it would be wrong to overrule that, the fans had to wait 30 seconds before they found out it wasn't.


We want the right decisions and no arguments well done technology
 
His other argument against it was that blokes would have nothing to talk about in the pub afterwards.
Prat.


 
Goals are often ruled out after fans have celebrated, granted it's normally just a couple of seconds rather than 30 but the atmosphere can be enhanced by the tension the 'decision pending' can create and the subsequent piss taking by the fans on the right side of the decision can all add to the atmosphere.

I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be trialled at the very least.
 
Does a team have to appeal before technology is employed in a theatre situation - and would it be limited to a set number of appeals as is the case in tennis?

And will time be added on for each time the 4th official is employed?

 
FIFA finally brought kicking and screaming into the 20th century (shame it's now the 21st)
Timewise I don't see a problem. With both 'goals', the VAR decision was made before the players were ready to kick off again anyway.
 
Rising - 29/3/2017 09:47


His other argument against it was that blokes would have nothing to talk about in the pub afterwards.
Prat.
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You couldn't come up with a more fatuous reason even if you were sat round in the pub ffs. Even his first reason doesn't have any value = what a knob.

Long overdue and totally vindicated by the events in the Spain v French game let alone the frequency with which the correct decisoon is arrived at in the PL.
 
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