TV evidence

[Arn]

They are clearly using that now. Not the first goal ruled out after a very late offside decision. Better late than never.

 

[cloggypop]

Not sure they are at all. Costa would get done during matches rather than later on video evidence for a start. Linesmen and refs have often had a long chat before a decision.

It is being trialled in the Eredivisie though.

 

[Gary25]

Penalty Arsenal got at Villa was weird too. Walcott went past Hutton down the left and got brought down...Ref did nothing, delayed about 5 or 6 seconds then gives the penalty.

 

[FoxForceFive]

I think they are by not consistently. And I don't think it's as simple as someone watching a monitor & telling them.

They all have earpieces now, so I think what may be happening in these cases is they discuss it & the fourth official, if he can see a monitor with a replay will tell them what it shows.

I know last season sky actually showed a fourth official watching a replay of an incident & he was talking into his mic as he watched.

 

[gkmacca]

It shows up the silliness of the official argument against video evidence, namely, 'It will cause too much delay'. If the offside in today's game had just gone straight to tv instead of the farcical messing about that we got, it would have been quicker and clearer.

 

[Frogfish]

It shows up the silliness of the official argument against video evidence, namely, 'It will cause too much delay'. If the offside in today's game had just gone straight to tv instead of the farcical messing about that we got, it would have been quicker and clearer.

And more importantly Costa would have been sent off about 7 times by now.

 

[gkmacca]

Cricket hasn't helped the case. It did to begin with, but now with DRS the common sense has drained away, so you get this ridiculously methodical over-analysis of incidents no matter how obvious the decision is. You'll get a caught behind appeal that is shown to be blatantly wrong on the first review, but they still have to go through every angle and sound shot before confirming the decision. If that was done for every offside and other controversial incident it would be a joke. They'd need to tell whoever the video ref was to only use what replays they think are required before sending back the verdict. Even then it would usually be way quicker than some of the chit-chats between ref and assistants with players crowding round them.

 

[FoxForceFive]

That's due to the constant pressure for consistency.

Unfortunately that somehow becomes translated into consistency of processes, when what it means in sports is usually consistency of fairness applied.

For example, if all rules in football were applied by a robot like referee reviewing everything on video, we would have penalties almost every time a corner is played, free kicks for obstruction every time the ball is running slowly over the touchline doge defender protects it etc.

Common sense & a consistently applied ignoring of rules when appropriate is what is required, not across the board consistency of process no matter the circumstances.

 

[mom]

Wish they had used it when Moreno scored the goal of the season last week.

 

[Actonian]

Penalty Arsenal got at Villa was weird too. Walcott went past Hutton down the left and got brought down...Ref did nothing, delayed about 5 or 6 seconds then gives the penalty.

The ref was Kevin Friend. Weird things happen when he's around.

 

[Hansern]

The ref was Kevin Friend. Weird things happen when he's around.

Mike "the beachball ref" Jones was probably the 4th official.