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I knew they'd start that the minute it happened. As you say, the replays weren't conclusive, so they'd have been absolutely useless.
Also, they're not foolproof. In the Stanley Cup (ice hockey) a year back a perfectly good goal wasn't given because it wasn't called back for review by the officials. That could easily happen, unless you're going to stop the game for every dodgy decision.
Plus, who wants football without dodgy decisions anyway?
I do find him annoying but in fairness he said technology which doesn't mean just the television replays, things like chip-in-the-ball stuff which can be very accurate if set up right
p_c_u_k posted:
Aphrodite007 posted:
David Pleat annoys me, he's currently prattling on about technology in the Ivory Coast game, althouh replays weren't conclusive
I knew they'd start that the minute it happened. As you say, the replays weren't conclusive, so they'd have been absolutely useless.
Also, they're not foolproof. In the Stanley Cup (ice hockey) a year back a perfectly good goal wasn't given because it wasn't called back for review by the officials. That could easily happen, unless you're going to stop the game for every dodgy decision.
Plus, who wants football without dodgy decisions anyway?
I do find him annoying but in fairness he said technology which doesn't mean just the television replays, things like chip-in-the-ball stuff which can be very accurate if set up right
Sheffield United used to have a sponsor on their shirts from China, where Championship football wasn't televised, so it does happen!