Video Assistants!!

[whiteshadow]

The FA wants to test run using video assistants from the 3rd round of next seasons FA Cup. I'll be made up if they do this and it works because it's annoying when games are ruined by teams being given penalties they don't deserve, players being wrongly sent off etc.

Never thought I'd see the FA bring in video assistance as I thought football was too corrupt, maybe I was wrong. Really glad this is being brought in.

Thoughts?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39157887

 

[Papa Shango]

I'm not a fan of it.

Anything like this should be able to be used at all levels.

Also controversy and human error is part of the game for me.

 

[TheFinnFan]

No. Footy is footy.

 

[Papa Shango]

No. Footy is footy.

Yup, there seems to be this mad push to make changes to a game that doesn't really need any changes.

 

[Nymzee]

I like the unpredictability of football.

Unless it goes against Everton.

 

[TheFinnFan]

Yup, there seems to be this mad push to make changes to a game that doesn't really need any changes.

I dont like the idea. It would be like tampering with games dna.

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

I'm not a fan of it.

Anything like this should be able to be used at all levels.

Also controversy and human error is part of the game for me.

Don't get this at all. Tennis, cricket, rugby etc all use technology that grassroots don't and it doesn't harm them one bit.

I still wouldn't want video stoppages, but for your second reason and not your first.

 

[Jags..class]

There to much money now for refs to get it wrong.

 

[GwladysBlue]

Yes.

We would have been in the League Cup final last year if we had video technology.

 

[RFUS]

How anyone couldn't want it is beyond me. Players making mistakes is part of the game but erroneous officiating is the longest running problem in football. It undermines the fairness of the sport and leaves the door ajar for corruption.

Do people not remember the Clattenberg derby? Or Villareal?

 

[KaiserEFC]

We moan about teams that get more than the rub of the green, then don't want something which would level the playing field

Gotta love football fans

 

[Saint Domingo]

Yeah would level the field and stop blatant bias towards the top teams.

 

[blulouie]

Yeah would level the field and stop blatant bias towards the top teams.

Spot on.

Bournemouth could have done with it today.

 

[PhilM]

With the constant media led scrutiny of officials, often from multiple angles in slow motion, then it's ridiculous that we don't use these options.

I appreciate the merits of keeping some of the unpredictability we grew up with, but times have changed and I think we must try to catch up.

I keenly follow cricket and rugby as well as football and I've seen how technology can successfully be integrated into officiating games.

Obviously it won't be perfect from the outset and the game may take time to adapt, although for me the merits clearly out weigh the cons.

Anyone remember the furore of goal-line technology? The concerns? Now it's taken pretty much for granted by most of our fans...

 

[USABlue]

With the constant media led scrutiny of officials, often from multiple angles in slow motion, then it's ridiculous that we don't use these options.

I appreciate the merits of keeping some of the unpredictability we grew up with, but times have changed and I think we must try to catch up.

I keenly follow cricket and rugby as well as football and I've seen how technology can successfully be integrated into officiating games.

Obviously it won't be perfect from the outset and the game may take time to adapt, although for me the merits clearly out weigh the cons.

Anyone remember the furore of goal-line technology? The concerns? Now it's taken pretty much for granted by most of our fans...

except moyes the dinosaur