Comments on: Premiership Refs Made Critical Errors http://www.epltalk.com/premiership-refs-made-critical-errors/385 Daily News & Analysis of the English Premier League Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:03:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.epltalk.com/premiership-refs-made-critical-errors/385#comment-817 Anonymous Wed, 04 Oct 2006 07:35:00 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/2006/10/02/premiership-refs-made-critical-errors/#comment-817 Good debate going on now about this on the Guardian Sport Blog Good debate going on now about this on the Guardian Sport Blog

]]> By: JC http://www.epltalk.com/premiership-refs-made-critical-errors/385#comment-812 JC Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:55:00 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/2006/10/02/premiership-refs-made-critical-errors/#comment-812 Obivious Note: the tv I have in mind includes the ability to watch replays. Obivious Note: the tv I have in mind includes the ability to watch replays.

]]> By: JC http://www.epltalk.com/premiership-refs-made-critical-errors/385#comment-811 JC Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:54:00 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/2006/10/02/premiership-refs-made-critical-errors/#comment-811 I want the technology. Not in some ridiculous replay-form like the NFL, but simply another official, in a booth on the sidelines, watching exclusively on a tv. <br/><br/>Frankly, I think the NFL should do the same. I want the technology. Not in some ridiculous replay-form like the NFL, but simply another official, in a booth on the sidelines, watching exclusively on a tv.

Frankly, I think the NFL should do the same.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.epltalk.com/premiership-refs-made-critical-errors/385#comment-810 Anonymous Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:21:00 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/2006/10/02/premiership-refs-made-critical-errors/#comment-810 I agree with the two opinions above. No technolgy in football! And, yes, I went crazy as a Liverpool fan after the free kick call that led to the first Bolton goal. For me, this is part of the game, folklore, whatever you want to call it, (Maradona's hand of "god", Jeff Hurst's third goal v. Germany that never should have stood, etc.)<br/> Football is a fast pace, free flowing game, and that's the beauty of it. Can you imagine what will happen to the flow, and quality of the game if they let a team "challenge" a ref's decision. Let them do it in american football, but not in the beautiful game. There's a reason why the rules of football haven't changed much over the 120 + years that the game has been played! I agree with the two opinions above. No technolgy in football! And, yes, I went crazy as a Liverpool fan after the free kick call that led to the first Bolton goal. For me, this is part of the game, folklore, whatever you want to call it, (Maradona’s hand of “god”, Jeff Hurst’s third goal v. Germany that never should have stood, etc.)
Football is a fast pace, free flowing game, and that’s the beauty of it. Can you imagine what will happen to the flow, and quality of the game if they let a team “challenge” a ref’s decision. Let them do it in american football, but not in the beautiful game. There’s a reason why the rules of football haven’t changed much over the 120 + years that the game has been played!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.epltalk.com/premiership-refs-made-critical-errors/385#comment-809 Anonymous Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:08:00 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/2006/10/02/premiership-refs-made-critical-errors/#comment-809 It's easy in many other sports to have video (e.g., American Football) when you have so many breaks in the play. I can't see this happening in soccer. Do you pause the match and review? If you do that in the Spurs match, do you "punish" Portsmouth by taking away an opportunity to counterattack? Watching it live, it looked like a clip to me. Even on replay, it's a tough call. I think things like this even out during the course of a season. I would not support having a 3-game ban being decided by a group of officials watching replays. That's a bit harsh. Referees makes mistakes. That's true in any sport. It’s easy in many other sports to have video (e.g., American Football) when you have so many breaks in the play. I can’t see this happening in soccer. Do you pause the match and review? If you do that in the Spurs match, do you “punish” Portsmouth by taking away an opportunity to counterattack? Watching it live, it looked like a clip to me. Even on replay, it’s a tough call. I think things like this even out during the course of a season. I would not support having a 3-game ban being decided by a group of officials watching replays. That’s a bit harsh. Referees makes mistakes. That’s true in any sport.

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