mrb85
Player Valuation: £35m
What a depressing idea from Blatter to allow one or two referrals by each manager/coach against the decisions of the match officials. The spontaneous eruption of emotions is one of the truly unique appeals of football. This idea will eat alot of that away. Which manager, for instance, is, if he has an appeal left to use, not going to use it to contest a last minute winner by the opposition. And so destroy that electric feeling of the late winner, having to wait for the goal to be confirmed up in the stands or wherever. Terrible.
And in any event, how long would a manager be given before playing his referral card -- within 5 seconds of an incident, 10 seconds, or even some way after the incident? Could he wait until anything comes of something he disagrees with? As an example, take the Hull v Stoke game recently when Hull conceded from a throw in that was clearly given the wrong way. If Hull hadn't used their referral immediately the throw in was given, could they nevertheless call for it as soon as Stoke scored. If the purpose of referrals is to get the right decision, why not?
Blatter spoke in terms of a referral only being used once the ball is dead. So a game could go on for a minute or two before being called back. Imagine a situation where one manager was waiting to use his appeal over a penalty not having been given his side's way and the ball only goes dead after the opposition has put the ball into his own side's net. Imagine the pandemonium then when not only is a goal subsequently chalked off but the ball is then placed on the opposite penalty spot!
Basically then, the fans would never be sure that when their team scores a goal from open play the goal is definitely going to stand. Talk about killing the immediacy and the peaked emotions of football!
One other thing, the managers would have a monitor of some description at their side so would presumably only use their referrals after they'd quickly looked at their screens to check things out themselves. But in instances it might just be a matter of opinion so how would a referral definitely make for better decisions? More likely the system would just be used to bully officials into changing their decisions -- and you can bet your life that the big clubs would be more successful in getting decisions reversed upon referral than the small clubs!
And in any event, how long would a manager be given before playing his referral card -- within 5 seconds of an incident, 10 seconds, or even some way after the incident? Could he wait until anything comes of something he disagrees with? As an example, take the Hull v Stoke game recently when Hull conceded from a throw in that was clearly given the wrong way. If Hull hadn't used their referral immediately the throw in was given, could they nevertheless call for it as soon as Stoke scored. If the purpose of referrals is to get the right decision, why not?
Blatter spoke in terms of a referral only being used once the ball is dead. So a game could go on for a minute or two before being called back. Imagine a situation where one manager was waiting to use his appeal over a penalty not having been given his side's way and the ball only goes dead after the opposition has put the ball into his own side's net. Imagine the pandemonium then when not only is a goal subsequently chalked off but the ball is then placed on the opposite penalty spot!
Basically then, the fans would never be sure that when their team scores a goal from open play the goal is definitely going to stand. Talk about killing the immediacy and the peaked emotions of football!
One other thing, the managers would have a monitor of some description at their side so would presumably only use their referrals after they'd quickly looked at their screens to check things out themselves. But in instances it might just be a matter of opinion so how would a referral definitely make for better decisions? More likely the system would just be used to bully officials into changing their decisions -- and you can bet your life that the big clubs would be more successful in getting decisions reversed upon referral than the small clubs!
