« Reply #44 on: November 19, 2009, 02:01:36 PM »
FIFA should have replays. It's 2009 now. Come on. Whole nations sway with every single play. We don't really have anything like you have on a national level, thebirdman, so that must be pretty awesome. It was tough to see the Irish players bawling: it shows you how much it means.
Replays like in replaying the game where officials made mistakes?
Every football season there are literally hundreds of teams that lose games due to officiating mistakes. It's part of the game. What's the big drama now?
The whining of the Irish - one would think they had never won a game because of referees making bad calls in their benefit - is embarrassing.
There should be a review of offsides and handballs that result in goals. In world cup matches its not cost prohibitive, and it would result in a fairer overall competition.
What's wrong with that?
They never stop the clock though, how does that work? The only time play really stops for an extended period of time is when somebody is on the ground pretending like they got tripped.
I am aware of how soccer time keeping works.
You just add "review time" to stoppage and injury time. The refs already deal with that exact issue.
Congrats.
But when you look at other sports will replays, they only do it after a stoppage in play. You are talking about only doing it in the case of plays that result in goals, but isnt that not fair to the offensive team? If a defender gets away with a handball the prevents a goal and there is no review thats not fair to the offensive team since the same vioaltion on their part means a goal will get taken away.
Sarcasm aside Rondo2287, you could broaden the review criteria to be fair to both offensive and defensive teams. And if a handball is used to stop a potential goal you can award a PK or a free kick, just like any other foul.
Its feasible and needs to happen. Otherwise you'll keep getting terrible mistakes like this.
And what if a handball is called that wasnt actually a handball? Do you review it? and give a penalty kick?
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