Reply to: FIFA- credible or not?

[Doggy Styles]

Keane tells it like it is. Gotta love that.

Surely now though video evidence must come into play. Forget all this preciousness about the game, stop living in the past and use technology like every other sport on the planet!

It's the only way.

Every other game is affected by key refereeing mistakes, whether it is diving, handball or offside. Refs need help.

Millions of people are able to watch an immediate replay of incidents.

So why perpetuate a system where the only three people in the world not allowed to use this evidence are the very people who actually make the decisions.

It is laughable, and stupid, especially when you consider what is often at stake. Imagine that principle being applied in other walks of life.

[SorenLorensen]

Keane tells it like it is. Gotta love that.

Surely now though video evidence must come into play. Forget all this preciousness about the game, stop living in the past and use technology like every other sport on the planet!

[Doggy Styles]

I'm no friend of the FAI, but Roy Keane is trying to divert attention from the 2002 world cup when he throw the rattley out of the pram and split the team on the run up to the spain game, which was lost on penalties. It was the easiest to win world cup ever. He will never be forgiven for that.

On the contrary, Keane left the squad before the world cup even started.

Ireland were inspired without him, qualified undefeated from a group including Cameroon and eventual finalists Germany, and did well to hold Spain to 1-1.

In the interview, Keane wasn't diverting attention, he has still got the hump over the poor management of the FAI, the poor training facilities they provided for the squad, and especially how they flew first class and the players cattle class.

[Sol4ever]

I'm no friend of the FAI, but Roy Keane is trying to divert attention from the 2002 world cup when he throw the rattley out of the pram and split the team on the run up to the spain game, which was lost on penalties. It was the easiest to win world cup ever. He will never be forgiven for that.

[FiveTimes]

The ref's decision is final, apparently....

Correct - nothing will change and lessons wont be learnt from this. It was tough luck but they need to get over it

[FiveTimes]

I agree with this from Roy Keane.

He also had a go at some FAI official, and at the interviewer for letting his mobile ring in the middle of the interview - disrespectful, he called it.

Thats nothing new for Keane to have a falling out with the FAI

[norrahe]

In football whereby they haven't embraced the tv replay ethos as yet

The ref's decision is final, apparently....

[Doggy Styles]

I agree with this from Roy Keane.

He blames the Irish defenders for letting Henry get into that position in the first place. He says complaining about spilt milk is pointless.

He says cheating goes on all the time. He wants video technology to sort out problems there and then.

He also had a go at some FAI official, and at the interviewer for letting his mobile ring in the middle of the interview - disrespectful, he called it.

[swamp]

What good is video evidence when Eduardo gets away with a total blatent dive to get a penalty, 2 match ban then it gets rescinded.

Well I don't agree with video evidence. But the situation with Eduardo was more to do with setting legal precedent IIRC. UEFA jumped on the bandwagon, then realised they would have to punish every player who dived in every game in their juristiction, so they quietly slipped off the bandwagon.

You would have to be on drugs to see that was not a dive, what do you say to that?

I agree. And I don't know why Eduardo bothered because we clearly had the upper hand against a bunch of Scottish has-beens.

Luckily the referee at the Hibernian game wasn't taking any drugs when he gave Aiden McGeady his marching orders for diving. On this occasion your manager blamed "tiredness" for McGeady's deliberate attempt to cheat.

[Doggy Styles]

I'm saying if video evidence was used then it wouldn't do Ireland any good in this situation because they have 'previous'.

Personally I'm against video evidence in football. I'd have another couple of linesmen in preference to technology.

Two extra linesman is just adding two extra points of human error. Did you see the Fulham Roma game?

[minestrone]

I'm saying if video evidence was used then it wouldn't do Ireland any good in this situation because they have 'previous'.

Personally I'm against video evidence in football. I'd have another couple of linesmen in preference to technology.

What good is video evidence when Eduardo gets away with a total blatent dive to get a penalty, 2 match ban then it gets rescinded.

You would have to be on drugs to see that was not a dive, what do you say to that?

[swamp]

So you are not willing to use video evidence.. then you are...

I'm saying if video evidence was used then it wouldn't do Ireland any good in this situation because they have 'previous'.

Personally I'm against video evidence in football. I'd have another couple of linesmen in preference to technology.

[minestrone]

No, not after the Georgia game when Robbie Keane handled the ball in the box. Ireland would have been stripped of the points and probably would not have made the play-offs. France v Ireland would never have came to pass, and victory would not have been handed to France

So you are not willing to use video evidence.. then you are...

[swamp]

Punishment after the game would do Ireland no good.

No, not after the Georgia game when Robbie Keane handled the ball in the box. Ireland would have been stripped of the points and probably would not have made the play-offs. France v Ireland would never have came to pass, and victory would not have been handed to France

[Doggy Styles]

Punishment after the game would do Ireland no good. They are still out. Even if Henry is banned for 100 years, executed, chopped up and his body parts thrown into TPD.

Video technology must be used during the game, using the three wrong appeal system if necessary to prevent spurious claims. It is the only way to get a correct result from the game, there and then, that no-one can argue with.