Should refs.get TV replays?

[Bert Llewellyn]

In answer to the question - of course they should! End of.

[For Us All]

Yes they should, within strict limits - a team could only ask for 2 decisions per match perhaps, and the ref could ask anytime he wanted but any refs that used it over five times a game on average over the season need shipping out fast.

 

Football should depend on fairness, the Japan/Kores world cup was ruined by cheating decisions that allowed a ridiculous team like south korea to get to the semi finals after they had cheated both Spain and Italy.

 

Timing of matches should also be done by an off-field scrutineer/panel with the remaining time displayed on a big clock in every ground for all to see, getting rid of extra minutes, as in American basketball.

 

A football DRS system could be introduced and trialled in a pre-season friendly tournament?

[smithie]

Heck no...not at any level, but especially not in the Premier League. Anything that further puffs up their self-importance is a bad move.

 

Can you imagine when they play a lower-league team in a Cup-tie away from home ? They'd either refuse to play or turn up with a truckload of cameras, drones, & lawyers.

[JOHNNYAITCH]

Football should depend on fairness, .

 

Ifootball should depend on fairness then it's not fair that replays will be used to correct decisions at the top whilst they will not be used to correct decisions lower down the ladder cos such replays will not be available

 

I am totally against this

[Row L]

Perhaps if the FA grew a pair and started to retrospectively punish players who have obviously dived to gain an advantage (we see two of three of these every week on MOTD) then it would help cut it out and mean that replays aren't actually needed as much as we think. Most of the bad decisions come from refs being conned imo.

[Rampant Zebra]

maybe we need Tom Daley to watch games and mark the dives!

[For Us All]

Ifootball should depend on fairness then it's not fair that replays will be used to correct decisions at the top whilst they will not be used to correct decisions lower down the ladder cos such replays will not be available

 

I am totally against this

 

Spot on Aitch,but with this new TV deal things have moved up a notch,£100m for finishing bottom of the Premier League is not an option any more?:rolleyes:;)

[JOHNNYAITCH]

Perhaps if the FA grew a pair and started to retrospectively punish players who have obviously dived to gain an advantage (we see two of three of these every week on MOTD) then it would help cut it out and mean that replays aren't actually needed as much as we think.

 

But again that can't be done at the lower levels cos replays of 'dives;' won't be available to be scrutinised

 

I don't have the answer re eliminating diving but eliminating it at the top thru use of replays won't help the game lower down where there is much more football played and so much more diving.

[Yukon]

Yes they should, within strict limits - a team could only ask for 2 decisions per match perhaps, and the ref could ask anytime he wanted but any refs that used it over five times a game on average over the season need shipping out fast.

 

Football should depend on fairness, the Japan/Kores world cup was ruined by cheating decisions that allowed a ridiculous team like south korea to get to the semi finals after they had cheated both Spain and Italy.

 

Timing of matches should also be done by an off-field scrutineer/panel with the remaining time displayed on a big clock in every ground for all to see, getting rid of extra minutes, as in American basketball.

 

I disagree with the premise the choice should be with the teams/ managers. I think the power should be solely with the ref and he should be able to call the TMO as and when he's not sure of a major decision, what should constitute a major decision is obviously open to debate; goals, penalties and serious foul play would certainly constitute this for me.

[kevin_struggles]

Ifootball should depend on fairness then it's not fair that replays will be used to correct decisions at the top whilst they will not be used to correct decisions lower down the ladder cos such replays will not be available

 

I am totally against this

 

I think the Premier league playing fair with the football league ship sailed a long time ago JA, its half way around the cape by now.

[JOHNNYAITCH]

My point was that this should not be argued for on the grounds of fairness

[kevin_struggles]

My point was that this should not be argued for on the grounds of fairness

 

It would still be used in the Premier league, which I guess most of us watch from time to time, European competitions, which we also watch and the EURO and World Cup competitions so it would be fairer to the teams who take part in those games.

 

Whether its fair to the teams in the football league is irrelevant since the premier league went on its own.

[JOHNNYAITCH]

It would still be used in the Premier league, which I guess most of us watch from time to time, European competitions, which we also watch and the EURO and World Cup competitions so it would be fairer to the teams who take part in those games.

 

Whether its fair to the teams in the football league is irrelevant since the premier league went on its own.

 

Why would it be fairer? If TMO etc is used for none of the teams participating in those tournaments then they all get the same "deal" as each other..which is what makes it fair for them and for all other teams. If it's about being fair to teams in those tournaments then not having TMO etc treats them all the same and so is fair.

[kevin_struggles]

Why would it be fairer? If TMO etc is used for none of the teams participating in those tournaments then they all get the same "deal" as each other..which is what makes it fair for them and for all other teams. If it's about being fair to teams in those tournaments then not having TMO etc treats them all the same and so is fair.

 

We have many advantages that non league teams dont have, should we give them up so its fairer?

[JOHNNYAITCH]

At last a good question....

 

No ;)

 

The rules/laws of Association Football state that the ref makes the decisions..that should be the same and applied in the same way at all levels