18-02-2010, 04:09 PM
(18-02-2010, 04:08 PM)C Scott Wrote: We live in a very unforgiving world and everyone is expected to be perfect all the time. Refs get a hard time because of TV replays. As stated above every angle is covered and it is so easy to make a ref look incompetent. latest major mistake I seen was when Stoke had second goal disallowed on Tuesday night.
The time has come for some element of tv Replay to be viewed by 4th official. There is too much at stake and if ref's are always getting the blame we will end up with good ref's retiring from the game.
Frankly I wonder some time how they manage to see so much. Even with replays it sometimes takes a look from quite a few angles to see what actually happens and they must make instant judgements.
No way TV replays can be used on decisions in football matches. It just won't work. How to stop and restart a game? There are no natural breaks, unlike rugby and american football, where the technology suits.
It's always been like this and is part of the passion and fun.