... I think all games should be reviewed and serious foul play identified and players cited and punished. This should include a review of what might already have been ruled by the match official on the day.It would quickly be evident to players and clubs that they will not get away with serious foul play and games will improve quickly as they will not want to risk missing games. The review panel can include players and coaches as well as referees/former referees - in part because former players have insight to offer and also because it might limit some of the moaning from lazy pundits looking for easy comments to spout ...
I honestly can't see how micing up the ref wouldn't lead to making football grounds and crowds even more volatile. I'm a placid man, if I see a goose I'm more likely to nip back to the car to get the bag of emergency bird feed I keep in the glove box for just such occasions than I am to say 'boo' to it, but all that gets the afternoon off at the Villa. If you think that my opinion of the w****r in the black is going to be improved by my getting to listen to why he's f***ing wrong AGAIN, then you're as mistaken as he usually is.
West Ham fans crying on Twitter has to be the sweetest bit of irony you’ll see this weekend.
I wonder what referees want, do they think it helps to have a colleague look over a decision that there not sure of,only to tell them to go back and look at the small monitor and decide. Just to add to the confusion the baggies had a player sent off yesterday for what appeared a marginal offence even after the ref had reviewed it on the pitch monitor crazy.
It is totally subjective. The precise moment the boot touches the ball is the kick not the moment the ball leaves the boot. It’s assumed, making the blue and yellow lines they use redundant because if you are going to guess the one you may as well guess the other.
Quote from: Brend'Watkins on December 07, 2020, 05:18:03 PMIt is totally subjective. The precise moment the boot touches the ball is the kick not the moment the ball leaves the boot. It’s assumed, making the blue and yellow lines they use redundant because if you are going to guess the one you may as well guess the other.It's the elephant in the room. The exact moment when the ball is passed has to be known precisely before they start drawing stupid bloody lines on the screen. When someone at Stockley Park suggested the lines on the screen why on earth didn't one of these so called experts ask this simple question "before we start drawing lines on the screens to pinpoint a toenail offside how are we going to to know the precise moment when the ball leaves the passing players boot?" Seems so bloody obvious to me and I've been banging on about it since the first time I saw them using their silly lines.
Quote from: The Edge on December 07, 2020, 08:23:06 PMQuote from: Brend'Watkins on December 07, 2020, 05:18:03 PMIt is totally subjective. The precise moment the boot touches the ball is the kick not the moment the ball leaves the boot. It’s assumed, making the blue and yellow lines they use redundant because if you are going to guess the one you may as well guess the other.It's the elephant in the room. The exact moment when the ball is passed has to be known precisely before they start drawing stupid bloody lines on the screen. When someone at Stockley Park suggested the lines on the screen why on earth didn't one of these so called experts ask this simple question "before we start drawing lines on the screens to pinpoint a toenail offside how are we going to to know the precise moment when the ball leaves the passing players boot?" Seems so bloody obvious to me and I've been banging on about it since the first time I saw them using their silly lines. The lines are the pseudo-science of VAR offside.