Me and a colleague were just discussing, hypothetically of course, if a '3 challenge' rule would benefit football. For those who watch tennis you'll understand the concept. For anyone who hasn't, the idea is in tennis a player gets 3 challenges, a challenge being the ability to question a decision by the referee, which is then viewed via a video replay. If the decision stands then the game carries on and the player has used one of his/her 3 challenges. However if the referee is deemed to have made the wrong decision, play is brought back and done over and the players 3 challenges remain intact.
Now, having explained that I think the benefits are probably clear and if you apply the idea to situations like Spearings red card vs Fulham or Balotelli vs Parker then it could change entire matches for the better. The ability to challenge would lie with the captain and/or the manager.
Thoughts?
3 Challenges
posted on 31/1/12
I think it'd work, but it should only be available for certain things.
Goal line / byeline
Penalty decisions
Last touch - corners etc
Off the ball incidents.
It shouldn't be used for opposing teams to get someone sent off by re-evaluating a tackle. Everything looks worse in slo-mo.
posted on 31/1/12
As shalky said we can tell after 1 replay usually what the decision should be and most often we have seen several replays while say a player is down or the ref is being hounded by players.
Great example is that disallowed goal for spurs v stoke, adebayor was a mile on side and after 1 quick replay it plain to all, while spurs argued with the ref a tone watching the game knew he was on side, one quick view and relay the info to the ref = goal given and all in less then a minute.
A fully qualified ref could watch a match on tv and signal to the ref on the pitch to let them know if a decision is wrong.
But on the flip side Hunan error is part of the game for officials and players I love a controversial decision especially when Liverpool are not involved.
posted on 31/1/12
Instead of having a 4th official who all they do is get abused by both managers, why not stick him and 2 other officials in a room with headsets connected to refs and linesman and a few monitors showing different angles and just feed through the information.
This has to be the best way, the ref can then call it back if he missed something 2 seconds earlier, i wouldnt like any of this stop the game wait for the replay to show up etc.
Ofc the referee still has the final word. But i think now the ref and linesman communicate with each other through head sets it has helped a lot like penalties and goals being over turned etc after a discussion.
posted on 31/1/12
But on the flip side Hunan error is part of the game for officials and players I love a controversial decision especially when Liverpool are not involved.
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A controversial one, fine. A plainly unfair one?
The Sturridge dive against QPR was a disgrace. The fact he winked to the home fans afterwards, even worse. It annoyed me because Chelsea's team cost as much as QPR's entire club. They shouldn't have had to cheat to win.
I think there should be retrospective punishments applied for cheating.
posted on 31/1/12
But on the other hand, controversy is a huge exciting part and parcel of the beautiful game that is football.
Yes its harsh when it goes against you and it can cost a lot of money, cup glory or reputation. But i believe it evens itself out, after all its just luck.
posted on 31/1/12
comment by mrschalky25 (U10788)
posted 52 minutes ago
With the speed at which tv pundits have replays available these days, I don't know why the fourth official doesn't just sit in front of a screen and relay the info to the referee on the field. I'm open to anything which stops the "let's surround the referee" scenarios or players arguing themselves into the book.
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I've been saying this for years. No need for any of these silly ideas. Forth official on the pitch watching the replays and aiding the referee via his earpiece. Simple yet effective. The referee has final say on it, the forth official just advises.
posted on 31/1/12
"after all its just luck"
No it isn't.
A lot of it is due to bias on the part of the referee.
And before everyone jumps on me, I don't mean intentional bias, I mean the fact that we are human and we sometimes make judgements that are swayed by our personal likes and dislikes.
Everybody in the world does this without even knowing we are doing it most of the time.
posted on 31/1/12
Nah bro. Being spontaneous and ish is what makes this game crazy nah mean? Football be like the hoe's bro. Good to watch, the more you pay the better quality you get, you kind of understand it but not as much as you think and it kinda switches up on mans when you least expect. If it ain't broke don't fix it. Even if it is broke it don't matter bro.
posted on 31/1/12
But i believe it evens itself out, after all its just luck.
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I really don't agree with this at all. I don't think it does.
posted on 31/1/12
Impossible.
The challenge would have to be made immediately, without any player from either team touching the ball . Who would make it? How would the challenge be made known to the Officials so as to stop the game before it moved on from the incident?
Bad idea, it even works against the tennis player who has hit a winner which is objected to by his opponent and if the ball is ruled in, he is not granted the winning point but has to play it again.
Most unfair and it happened several times on crucial points at the weekend when Nadal objected at crucial points and benefited from being proved wrong.