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whitesocks

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http://europe.newsweek.com/italy-vs-france-video-assistants-fifa-sport-495296?utm_source=email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_content=read_more&spMailingID=739539&spUserID=MTI0NzM2ODMxNTMS1&spJobID=630034340&spReportId=NjMwMDM0MzQwS0

It says here that FIFA used video assistants for the first time for the Italy France friendly on 1st sept 16.
They are being rolled out for the Bundesliga this season, and surely it will only be a matter of time before they are used prem.

So-called video assistants sit in a truck with live video images and communicate with the referee during moments of contentious decisions, enabling him to change his mind without long stoppages to watch replays.

I think this is a sensible development overall. I think it is ridiculous when half a billion people around the world can see near instantly on the replay that a bad mistake has been made, but the one person who can't be told is the ref.

Obviously they'd need to remove the commentary for the video feed - they last thing we'd want is some idiot like Carragher putting pressure on the assistants with his biased interpretation of the rules, but the worry all the same is whose video feed is it and what incidents they are going to highlight?

Another worry is if a ref saw the incident but thought nothing of it, but the video is really damming. You could argue that the person on the ground has the better feel for the events, but is it more important that justice is seen to be done? And once you go down that road, we know the fans of the bigger clubs will never see justice until all the decisions go their way.
 

Ribble

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Obviously they'd need to remove the commentary for the video feed - they last thing we'd want is some idiot like Carragher putting pressure on the assistants with his biased interpretation of the rules, but the worry all the same is whose video feed is it and what incidents they are going to highlight?

If it's like the rugby (and I see no reason why it wouldn't be) they'll be getting the live feeds from all the cameras piped to them and will be able to select any that they want for review
 

whitesocks

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I don't follow any other sport, not even darts, so I have no idea how this might change the game - potentially it makes the ref more a messenger than judge and jury. Maybe that is a good thing.
Currently loads of things go on off the ball - Liverpool fans are meant to be angry about Lamela - teams will be lucky to keep all 11 on the pitch if all these clashes are all picked up.

Anyway I think I've been given a warning eye from the mods - maybe these video assistants are better discussed next year if and when they get approved by the FA.
 
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