Man in the stands with reply availability

[redandwhiterob]

It's the 21 century is it not? the Ref should have a screen in his back pocket and just get it out when he wants a replay simple as that. He only has to hold his f***ing head up and look at the big screen if that's not big enough for him god help us.

Pisstake surely?

 

[DurhamSAFC1973]

I think if the referee shows a red card he should be able to ask a video ref if there is any reason why the red card should not be given (like the video ref in rugby) ie. no contact, didn't leave the ground, in control... if there isn't anything obvious to the referee that it wasn't a red card, the original decision stands.

(it would be quicker than the 2 minutes or so it took today, just add the delay to the injury time anyway)

 

[Shangri La]

At the end of the day, they do it in cricket with the 3rd umpire thing.

I dont know why people refuse to do it in football, its as if they dont want football to sink to the level of other sports or something, yet i dont know how far it'll have to go for something like this to come into action

 

[AC Mack]

you clearly can't review every single incident. give the manager one referral per game to use at their discretion.

f***ing obvious like

Ah, just one decision now.

Grand.

 

[Joey Joe Jo Shabadoo]

Is it time for a man in the stands who can look at decisions and within 20 seconds see a contentious incident from numerous angles and make an informed decision, communicating the ref.

Its blatantly obvious the referee cant catch everything and on that basis every effort should be made to aid him. For instance, Browns red today could have been retracted by the time Brown left the pitch and Adam returned.

Its 2013, not 1950, human error should not be the ruling basis, technology is there, if Cricket can use it, then the billion pound business that is football, should too.

Big decisions get reviewed in a number of high profile sports, not just here but all over the world. The fact that we don't do the same in the Premier League is frankly embarrassing. It's like something out of f***ing Beamish.

 

[AC Mack]

Yeah, I was really excited today when we lost a man for the best part of 90 minutes for making a totally fair challenge.

It would be consistent in that everyone would get the same amount/right to appeal an definitely better than now. You seem not to like the idea of fairness though as you've defended divers in the past too.

Would you be as excited when we scored knowing that the opposition might just put up one of their referrals in the hope it might be disallowed for some reason, and have to stand around for a minute not knowing whether the goal will stand? Sounds amazing.

I have defended divers, while everybody else lambasts them and conveniently brushes to one side the thugs that commit dangerous, potential career ending challenges. Going to ground easily is clearly a far more heinous crime.[DOUBLEPOST=1385245641][/DOUBLEPOST]Anyway, I (among others) called this years ago. As soon as technology was introduced for one thing, people would start calling for it for other things. Before you know it, people are calling for it for every aspect, for the sake of 'consistency' and fairness.

The game's gone, etc.