Champions League 2016-17

[Irishnev]

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[Buzzo]

Seems incredible the were asked to play this within 24 hours.

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[RichC]

Sending offs, offsides and penalty decisions. Perhaps capped to three challenges per team, that the manager alone can decide.

Football is pretty much stop start anyway with these prima donnas falling over every five minutes.

It isn't difficult, pretty much any sport i can think of has benefited from it.

Offsides is quite broad. Offsides to check if a player was given wrongly offside when through on goal ? Offside if a goal was given, how far back do you go.

I agree with the premise of more VT being used but it needs to be thought about properly. Only checking certain offside decisions seems wrong i.e. Only
If a goal was scored you check what about when a player through is wrongly given offside ?

So yes it is doable but saying it's easy and the reality of the nuances you need to work out for it to be effective whilst not spoiling the game are far from being so

[labourRed]

Offsides is quite broad. Offsides to check if a player was given wrongly offside when through on goal ? Offside if a goal was given, how far back do you go.

I agree with the premise of more VT being used but it needs to be thought about properly. Only checking certain offside decisions seems wrong i.e. Only
If a goal was scored you check what about when a player through is wrongly given offside ?

So yes it is doable but saying it's easy and the reality of the nuances you need to work out for it to be effective whilst not spoiling the game are far from being so

You're making out it's far more complicated than it ought to be. We live in an era of AR, so offside (and the line so to speak would be drawn on goal scored from offside but then marginal decisions would be played out more often "play to the whistle") can be decided in seconds, similar to goal line tech.

[spud_gun]

Seems incredible the were asked to play this within 24 hours.

Nuri Sahin Brave Post Match Interview On The Borussia Dortmund Bus Attack - YouTube

Sickening to be honest.

Direct attempt on the players and coaching staff lives. Don't imagine they've yet had time to process exactly what happened.

Just shows that UEFA value ££ above all else.

[Buzzo]

Offsides is quite broad. Offsides to check if a player was given wrongly offside when through on goal ? Offside if a goal was given, how far back do you go.

I agree with the premise of more VT being used but it needs to be thought about properly. Only checking certain offside decisions seems wrong i.e. Only
If a goal was scored you check what about when a player through is wrongly given offside ?

So yes it is doable but saying it's easy and the reality of the nuances you need to work out for it to be effective whilst not spoiling the game are far from being so

You're making out it's far more complicated than it ought to be. We live in an era of AR, so offside (and the line so to speak would be drawn on goal scored from offside but then marginal decisions would be played out more often "play to the whistle") can be decided in seconds, similar to goal line tech.

Just make it like Rugby Union and let the ref decide which decisions he wants to refer to the TMO.

That means any red cards, dives, pens, and offsides where there is doubt. It will make football more exciting I reckon. It works perfectly in Rugby Union.

[Buzzo]

Sickening to be honest.

Direct attempt on the players and coaching staff lives. Don't imagine they've yet had time to process exactly what happened.

Just shows that UEFA value ££ above all else.

Clearly it impacted on the players, it was a (failed) attempt on their lives after all - they should have been given a week or so at least.

[RichC]

You're making out it's far more complicated than it ought to be. We live in an era of AR, so offside (and the line so to speak would be drawn on goal scored from offside but then marginal decisions would be played out more often "play to the whistle") can be decided in seconds, similar to goal line tech.

I think you're being over simplistic with the implementation of it tbh you also have to do it across all leagues governed by UEFA or FIFA more likely. It's easy to casually throw out how easy it will be to do but the logistics of coming up with a sufficient guidelines of what should and should not be included aren't that easy let alone the logistics of implementation and then of course the costs for doing so.

Buzzo is right it works pretty well with Rugby but it is also a more stop start type of game.

I'll make the point again there is a place for more VT in the game it's getting it right and ensuring its done properly

[Fivex]

The refs can't have full control over which decisions they get reviewed as we'll be in exactly the same boat now over claims of bias.

At the very least there needs to be the facility to challenge a decision (as long as the ball's out of play) like in tennis.

[red g]

kick off delayed Lyon vs Besiktas. All kicking off over there.

cant see them being able to kick off quite yet!

[dom9]

Blimey. What's brought that on? Fighting or exuberance?

[red g]

early reports said fighting. don't know how serious.

[Chris]

Some pretty crazy vids on twitter, loads of punches thrown, using flag poles as weapons etc, if it's obvious who started it (I assume it's Besiktas) they could def get kicked out for that.

[RichC]

Anderlect are basically a pub team by the looks of it tonight

[red g]

****e aren't they? was watching thinking if they could maybe do something at home....then realised they are at home. Awful.