But they only get one appeal per half, if the appeal is wrong then they loose it, so would only have to wait for 1 wrong appeal per half. If the appeal is right then surely getting the correct decision is a good thing. I think it forces the manager and team to start assessing if they are just seeing things through tinted glasses or if it's actually a good chance of winning the appeal. If they appeal the first half suspect decision then they loose there appeal right at the start and there could be a much more suspect call later in the game, e.g. penalty.
Not quite related, but FIFA have suggested moving Qatar WC to January 2022 to avoid Winter Olympics. What a mess!
I'm not a great fan of this idea. In both rugby and cricket the game is held up for ages whilst things are reviewed. These are decisions that a referee or umpire would have happily made before. Too much in football is a matter of opinion. On this forum, we all watch the same matches and yet we constantly disagree about things. That said, it is only right that we should aim to get the best decisions. So one compromise would be to use TV to retrospectively punish unseen fouls or diving etc. Maybe if players knew that they could be booked after a close TV analysis they would behave better.
The problem, for me, is that with almost every Premier League game being viewed live, throughout the world, the potential is there for an appeal to be made as a result of someone watching an instant replay, rather than as a result of seeing it just the once, with the manager getting a phone call to say yes or no to an appeal. Remember, this is football,where cheating is the norm. I would agree that the appeal would need to be made, within a certain timespan, as, if Blatter wants it policed by TV companies, I can't see them willingly postponing the replay, from multiple angles, of a controversial incident.
I'd back that 100%. That's a correct use of TV coverage, one that doesn't stop the game and that can't be used tactically to change the game. Vin
There are area's where technology can definitely help. Not for fouls in the penalty box though. The referee does need more help though, granted. I would suggest having an assistant referee looking after each half. From the half way line to the goal. In other words running the side line and the goal line. This would give him at least one pair of extra eyes in the box sometimes two. However they should have the power to give the award of their choice and blow if they think it is a foul and therefore a penalty. Giving the opportunity to a manager to challenge a decision is not wise in my view no matter the circumstances. A lot would do it just to undermine the Referee.......
Agree with this. The one thing I liked about the Blatter proposal is that the on pitch referee would review decision, so it still remains his decision, but like others have said I really don't think the challenge system will work because of the natural flow of the game. Football looks so amateur compared to other sport by not using technology. Take the Chamberlain/Gibbs farce last season where the referee ends up being hung out to dry because he can't seek the help of replays. So I think we should embrace technology but it's use should be at the behest of the referee and not the coaches/managers
