I liked where Anya started his run from. Half way inside the Scottish half, taking a gamble that the ball would come to him
Sorry didn't see this and started new thread I was going to put some quip about his nationality.... but didn't!
Juan Carlos Paredes played the complete game for Ekvador, the team beat BólivÃa 4:0. http://www.eluniverso.com/deportes/...-bolivia-partido-amistoso-1900-florida-previa
Interesting two of our sister club Udinese's players lined up for Greece, Orestis Karnezis and Panayotis Kone, while our Gabriel Tamaş managed, like JCP, to play the entire match for Romania. Romania won by 0:1 to get one over on the Greeks who knocked them out of the World Cup in the head to head qualifying games.
After coming on as sub, Priskin managed to stay onside long enough to score, but Hungary still lost to NI. I think the Hungarian FA made a big mistake in playing the match in the Ferencvaros stadium which has green and white everywhere.
Video replays in football? Blatter has come out and suggested we could see football have cricket/rugby style video technology and managers will get the chance to appeal decisions. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29109481 Would it realistically work with the way football can suddenly go from one end to the other without stopping and will it be abused by managers and players?
What a daft question. Of course it will be abused both by managers and players. I'm still waiting for the trick to get around the "vanishing spray".
Pigging stupid idea. Better training for referees is what's required, a reassessment as to the criteria required for them to climb the promotional ladder because we don't half see some idiots at top end of the game.
A good idea for football taken from rugby would be to only allow the team captains to speak to the referee.
I like the idea that the game only ends when the ball goes dead. Seen some unbelievable climaxes to rugby matches over the years due to that.
But even then, a crap referee can stuff it up. Many years ago in my playing days, my team were playing in a rather important semi-final - after the half time hooter had gone we had a swift counter attacking move of Watfordesque proportions from our own line which ended up with the ball in my hands not five yards from an open opposition try line.The plonker of a ref called time, denying me my moment of glory - and my resultant language cost me ten minutes in the sin bin at the start of the second half. Unbelievably, the stupid t**t did exactly the same thing at the end of the second half. Me? Hold a grudge? Never....
Could this really happen? It does show up how the PL is not interested in the rules, apart from when it suits them. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...e-for-financial-fair-play-breach-9721618.html
The problem with this new video technology is still the interpretation. If it is the coach and the on-field referee looking at the decision, how many times do you actually think it will be over-turned, with the ref admitting he was wrong? The coach will obviously have bias so will see it his way, so will try to influence the ref, and if he doesn't get his way, the tirade of abuse that will come the ref's way will lead to many a coach sitting in the stand! Many decisions are a matter of opinion - take the Djourou challenge on Delph last night. His initial challenge completely missed the ball and took Delph, but he was fortunate his trailing leg clipped the ball. Some refs would give it, some not! I honestly do not want this to come in to the game - the only changes I want are the ones that are a definite yes or no. We have one with goal line technology... the only other one I can think of is off-sides, with access to the graphic TV uses, with the line across the pitch!
Completely agree, the fact that decisions are often disputed during analysis shows such as MOTD suggests that just watching something several times and in slow motion doesn't make a decision obvious. Unlike cricket you can't build in a margin for error to only eliminate howlers, it won't solve anything.
