HetzkeBlaster
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Not sure if this has been done on here before, but as we’re in the middle of the England v India test matches and a clutch of weekend Premier matches, it’s interesting that see how the use of TV reply technology in these two sports is employed differently?
In football, the game is under constant scrutiny by the VAR match officials and has its benefits of identifying not only the mistakes missed by the officials, but also picks up on off-the-ball issues and split decisions that could go either way. In this case, you win some, you lose some. Negatively, this can lead to over scrutiny where spending too much time splitting hairs becomes protracted and upsets the flow of the game, and basically these decisions could have been simply left to the officials to judge. Also, it has changed the way the liner officiates the offside law. The delaying of the flag in some games is now quite ridiculous, that may potentially cause injury to players when we can all see that the game should have been halted. Relying on VAR for simple offside is not good practice.
In international cricket, the umpires always have the option of calling for a review, but this process is engaged by them at pitch level, and not the other way round by the TV officials speaking into the refs earpiece. I also like the way in cricket, and in rugby for that matter, where you can hear the conversations making it more transparent
So back to cricket. The two teams only have a limited number of DRS reviews per innings, which focusses the captains mind on what is genuine or not? Additionally, after any incidents missed by the umpire, either captain only has 15 seconds to decide if they will DRS review the incident or not. This for me, this keeps the game moving, it makes it more exciting, and also places the main focus of the officiating on the pitch and takes away the constant review, after review, after review like we get in Football.
I wonder if some kind of adaptation of cricket’s limited number of reviews could be adapted within the football game, say the captain or manager has a number of seconds to signal to the 4th official for a VAR review and then due process would start. It would certainly take away the volume of abuse that 4th officials take from managers during a game and force them to only appeal with genuine cause?
Apologies for blabbing on about the cricket version, but not everyone is familiar with it.
Anyway, worth a discussion while we wait for Rochdale, thoughts......?
In football, the game is under constant scrutiny by the VAR match officials and has its benefits of identifying not only the mistakes missed by the officials, but also picks up on off-the-ball issues and split decisions that could go either way. In this case, you win some, you lose some. Negatively, this can lead to over scrutiny where spending too much time splitting hairs becomes protracted and upsets the flow of the game, and basically these decisions could have been simply left to the officials to judge. Also, it has changed the way the liner officiates the offside law. The delaying of the flag in some games is now quite ridiculous, that may potentially cause injury to players when we can all see that the game should have been halted. Relying on VAR for simple offside is not good practice.
In international cricket, the umpires always have the option of calling for a review, but this process is engaged by them at pitch level, and not the other way round by the TV officials speaking into the refs earpiece. I also like the way in cricket, and in rugby for that matter, where you can hear the conversations making it more transparent
So back to cricket. The two teams only have a limited number of DRS reviews per innings, which focusses the captains mind on what is genuine or not? Additionally, after any incidents missed by the umpire, either captain only has 15 seconds to decide if they will DRS review the incident or not. This for me, this keeps the game moving, it makes it more exciting, and also places the main focus of the officiating on the pitch and takes away the constant review, after review, after review like we get in Football.
I wonder if some kind of adaptation of cricket’s limited number of reviews could be adapted within the football game, say the captain or manager has a number of seconds to signal to the 4th official for a VAR review and then due process would start. It would certainly take away the volume of abuse that 4th officials take from managers during a game and force them to only appeal with genuine cause?
Apologies for blabbing on about the cricket version, but not everyone is familiar with it.
Anyway, worth a discussion while we wait for Rochdale, thoughts......?
