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Look, Jose's a dick, we all know that. But he also knows his shitt. There may not be a campaign against Chelsea, but the standard of officiation in the game is poor. Technology could make many of these incidents go away. Say the long ball Migs handled: No way a ref is going to be quick enough to get there in time to see it. Why is the game so afraid of improvement? How long did it take for goal line technology to come into this? It's proven to be an obvious improvement.

Not against Video tech in the slightest.

Big fan of Union, League and Cricket where video umpires are used in every match without problem... have no problem with it being introduced to premier league football.

I'd like to see a video ref brought in. it should be used in the same way as in tennis. each tennis player gets to make 3 challenges to the umpires decision (in footy, it could be the managers call).

if the video ref agrees wit the manager, the team retains 3 ref challenges. if the video ref disagrees, the team goes down to 2 ref challenges and so on.

I reckon this would stop players and managers appealing for everything. would reduce cheating and diving, whilst limiting the number of times a game is stopped for decisions.

I don't watch either of the aforementioned 'sports'..... ;-)

...so is the technology used for every decision or just when a challenge is made?


My only concern is that this would be one step towards video decisions being used for every conceivable situation: handballs, throw ins, offside claims, corners, free kicks and so on.

Applying the way it works in tennis to football would be great..

Only used when the Ref asks for it... which isn't a problem in the sports mentioned, but you just never know with the current prem refs

The time taken to review an incident is about the same delay caused by players chasing down the ref... if trialed in the lower leagues and proved succesfull I'd have no problems what-so-ever with it being introduced to the top leagues.

No problem with that , but I would keep it to the same format as the sports I mentioned earlier.... leave it to the ref to ask the question if he's in doubt. Works a treat for Cricket, League & Union.

(Go the sharkies!)

fair enough point dunc. I like the way the rugby union players behave on the field. very little whinging and b1tching out of them. and they show a bit of respect (without having to have it sown into their jersey and wave little flags around with "respect" written on it)

I think it would escalate though. It would probably improve penalty decisions but then what? Someone breaks through and scores a cup winning goal.......37 replays later it is 'proved' that the striker was 3mm offside (or was his team mate 'interfering' or coming back from an offside position?). Will the refs then be pressure into using video evidence for offside decisions? Next it will be video replays to decide free kicks and throw-ins. And what if Mourinho gets abused by a rival fan - he'll demand video replays and lip-reading specialists.

Goal line technology is as far as it needs to go I think, as it gives a definitive decision on determining the outcome of a game.

The other issue is this: some offsides, handballs, fouls & professional fouls are subjective and open to a certain degree of interpretation by referees so video technology still wouldn't stamp out inconsistency.

As long as ground rules and guidelines are set, then there can't be any confusion.

If video refs are told to avoid build up play and only judge on the incident in question, then what's the problem??? It's up to the F.A to introduce such technology and direct it in the fashion they want.. all other decision making comes down to the numpty in the middle


Video refs aren't used for all aspects of Union, League & Cricket - just goal / point scoring where the ref is unsure of the outcome. The rest of general play is governed by the ref / umpire.