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I personally believe that football should use video replays for penalty decisions. It's such a big decision that at a guess converts to a goal 90% of the time! In the link Howard Webb admits that he made an error and this totally changed the course of the game and the season!

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25403139-2883,00.html

I don't believe it would slow the game down because it's either a penalty where the play stops or there is a player rolling around on the ground like they have been shot looking to get a penalty decision. Either way the game stops, the refs are mic'd up so it would be easy to get quick replay, refer the decision to the onfield ref and move on.

Some would argue that this is one of the beauties of our fabulous game and you win some and lose some but many other sports refer to the 3rd umpire and I believe it's time that football does too!

Have to say, I'm still shattered about the way the Aussies were knocked out of the World Cup 3 years ago!!

I don't see why not as they are looking at using technology for goal line disputes.

i can see pluses and minuses on both side of the argument... I can't make up my mind really but I'm more inclined to leave things as they are.

No.

I'm against video evidence. Part of football for me is the "was it" "it was" discussions. Tings even themselves out. It's hard when it goes against you but I still oppose it.

I don't buy the "even's itself out" argument! With the amount of dollars in football today, it's huge business, bad decisions can result in sides being relegated, losing the title, not making it through to next phases of major tornaments etc. and penalties virtually goft the side a goal! I would only want to use it for decisions that are not totally clear such as if the ref is impaired in his vision of the incident or to make sure the ball has or has not crssed the goal line! Penalty decisions are vital, look at the way it changed the course of the Mancs game against Tottenham? We've also had some lucky decisions go our way which I haven't agreed with but I think it happens far too often that a penalty is given when it shouldn'dt have been and refs will say so after reviewing the games! Far too impotant decision to leave to the naked eye unless it is totally clear!

Yes but they use video evidence to work out the suspensions of the red carded players now. It's just a small extension of that ensuring the decision is correct before the penalty is given, therefore eliminating the need to video review the incedent after the match.

The games been fine for 120 years or so, it's people sitting in offices making unnecessary changes which will eventually kill the game.

leave it as it is.

Oh, except Alan Smith clearly never touched the ball in 89 and the Bolton 'goal' against Everton in ?96-97? was over the line, so change them. Liverpool on 19 leagues, Everton relegated sounds fair to me.

LOL! plus arsenal took that quick free kick whilst the ball was still in motion!

Also, if we got this technology we would not have videos of fergus missing the bus!!!

I think they should use video evidence for the more important decisions only. I mean how much hassle can it be? At most, there's usually only about 2 of those in an entire match.

(Although that wasn't the case at Stamford Bridge tonight )