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I'm sure I put in there that an option would be that play continues until ball is dead for strikers clean through.... Anyway as you have highlighted the current system is unfair and with your flippant "And" as if who cares. Well it looks as though, to some extent it will be addressed, which will p!ss you off....... AND

No that is not what I am suggesting at all - Where on earth did you get that from? But lets go with your scenario (And it's the team attacking that I don't know how the proposal would work) So today the team winning 1 - 0 who lose the ball and are now defending get a wrong offside flag in their favour. The striker was clean through on goal but the ref blows up and they win the FA Cup (Through the injustice of a poor decision) - Your scenario is ultimately what technology is there to prevent. People talk about "Swings and roundabouts" "Evening itself etc. But this is the FA cup, this is a clubs history at stake, this is a year of European football the following year and World recognition. Now as I have already said, I have no idea how it would work in from the attacking perspective from offside, outside of a real change in culture and mind shift, that play carries on (even when the linesman flag is raised) until the ball is dead (Either a goal or miss) and whilst I am sure this would be a far to big step when introducing technology...... It comes back to the fact that in your scenario, without technology the wrong team would have unjustly won the FA cup and with technology, things would be fairer......and you have to say much more exciting.

No the referee wouldn't stop play - That would be the shout from the dug out and the referee would be informed - 3 to 5 seconds max. Although I would assume that the referees would also have the ability to stop play on occasions when they are "Unsure" and likely to utilise that power, knowing that a "Bench" could and the ref then proved wrong. The ultimate decision remains with the referee, the example I repeated would naturally give the fourth official more time to review before the ref came over to see the replay himself and would be in a position to "advise" - Think Thierry Henry against Ireland. So a large percentage of wrong decisions won't be affected by the rule - Absolutely correct, this isn't to address silly free kicks, handballs, throw ins, corners etc. It is to ensure game changing decisions are correct. I absolutely get that it is open to abuse and far from flawless and I only posted it as at the time I read about it, it seemed the most practical solution. I have some questions relating to strikers flagged offside that then prove not be - How is that rectified or does play continue until such time as whether a review is required on not (That would kepp a few defenders on their toes :) ) But all in all for me, I think the time has come and it should be introduced.......and I actually think it would make things MORE exciting. But I can see I am in the minority here - But then football is all about opinions.

At the same point play is stopped now when the referee is notified of something that requires him to stop it. He will be miked up to the fourth official (I'm just assuming this bit) so whilst the "Challenging" club would have to make a split decision, the reality is that the stop in play would be almost instant. The other point is that there are mostly only ever 2 or 3 big calls in a game.....and just like for us fans we scream for the "penalty" or the "offside" instantly / in real time, so there is no reason why the Clubs couldn't. I am sure it would be open to abuse, for time wasting etc., but perhaps there are other rules that could be applied to minimise it.

Its a great idea - I have read stories where they have been made into hotels .... was going to in China - but it's London https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=hotel+made+of+shipping+containers+in+london&biw=1366&bih=622&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=xNkOVLcOh6_sBuPDgLgB&ved=0CD0QsAQ

First off I should correct my original post to that it was a proposal to one of the footballing bodies - Not a suggestion by them. What makes it an unworkable solution

The one I heard muted was this (This is from memory, so it might not be completely correct but was an idea from either FA, UEFA or FIFA) Each club with have the right to three appeals a match, that either through the 4th official or the use of a coloured board to notify the referee. Between that first request and the stop in play (Ball might already be out in many circumstances or moving up for a restart following a goal) the 4th official would have probably seen a replay 2 or 3 times (You can sometimes see them (Mangers and players) these days crowding round a small camera almost instantly that they want a replay. The fourth official makes his recommendation to the referee, the ref then watches once and makes his final decision. If a video appeal is successful (As in ref got it wrong and the club were right to challenge) they don't lose one of their challenges.

He's got an ACL injury -- Not entirely comfortable with the term "mongboard", but that's what this is if anyone thinks Man City would buy a player recovering from an ACL injury until he has proved he is recovered. The papers talk about him in the last window was hilarious. It doesn't happen - It can't happen

No idea - But had definitely reached a stage where they were happy to talk about it as nearly done.

Week before (And after Long) the transfer window closed. One of Ings (Very close ) family was convinced he would be a Southampton player by the end of the transfer window.

Have to agree Mods - Certainly worthy of a sticky

Yes

:lol::lol: Can't argue with that

Ahhhhhh a proper football thread To steal a line off another poster (Can't remember who it was) This is a big year for JWP. He needs to work out who and what sort of player he is. I don't think his talent is in doubt, but it is now where he applies it. We saw him get muscled out against West Brom, so everybody decided he couldn't play that role...... I watched a certain Mr lallana come up against that constant criticism two years (Maybe even 18 months) ago and he learnt to deal with it (football is not all about brute strength) so who is say that JWP won't? I wish him well and have a sneaky feeling, he will develop into a cultured International.

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Some great business and a solid case that we are stronger coming out of the window, than we were going in - Congratulations to the board and a thank you to KL My only worry is that the team spirit and togetherness of last seasons squad was very real and (IMO) played a significant part in our success. That won't come overnight and in fact may never come (Plenty of teams can testify to that) and it will take a while to work out the best starting 11, system and shape etc. The fans will need to show a lot more patience than (Many) of them did over the summer, before we really hit full form. We are an anfield point away from talking about an excellent start to the season.................... The new journey begins

peach saying it is NOT sorted yet with Gaston

Gutted about Gaston

:lol: So true

That's how it used to work, but electronic signatures are now legally binding, so I guess the days of fax machines for football deals are over.

So he is still injured then

Just not even remotely possible - It will take a lot longer to build the ligament.

spurs in for wellbeck

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