We have seen the future

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Last night’s France-Spain game will surely be marked as one of the most influential friendlies in history. A Fifa sanctioned trial of video refereeing saw a goal for the hosts by Griezmann ruled offside by the video ref, while Spain’s second goal, scored by Deulofeu, was incorrectly flagged by the assistant as offside, only to be ruled a goal after a 40-second consultation with the video ref.

Watching it happen was a lightbulb moment. It’s this easy to get difficult decisions right?

We can moan endlessly about the standard of refereeing in Scotland – and pretty much every other country does the same, but we saw the future last night. Video technology has been used in rugby for years and will soon be an everyday part of football.

The video ref turned what would have been a 1-1 draw into a 0-2 win for Spain, correctly reflecting the goals scored. It’s hard to think of anything that could benefit the game as much. Generations of Celtic fans have dreamed of such oversight and accountability in refereeing.

If only we could have it for Hampden in the semi-final………

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  1. the video referee will need to do it in a suzy dent countdown style, of sitting behind a desk , with the rule book, and then telling the on field referee, the exact law of the game they are applying, and the outcome.

     

     

    how often the pundits dont know the rules, and are allowed just to give an opinion in an attempt at justification if what annoys me more than anything.

     

     

    The leigh griffiths assault in the last minute, bieng a case in point

     

     

    “he got the ball”

     

     

    “the attacker played for it”

     

     

    “the referee was unsighted and needs to be 100% sure”

     

     

    our future suzy can say

     

     

    “its a penalty and a red card, dangerous play , unlawful tackle.

     

     

    end of.

  2. Margaret McGill on

    BABASONICOS71 on 29TH MARCH 2017 1:43 PM

     

     

    You got the gist of it.

     

    Video refereeing

     

    Stewart Regan must be shitting himself.

  3. BABASONICOS71

     

     

    You just missed all the devils of hell being released from CERN in Switzerland, I’ll be updated the blog as they cut a swathe through the valleys and towns of Toblerone Land.

     

     

    Oh nae tattoos and apparently the view fae Hitlers bunkers in nothing to write home about!

     

     

    Part from that yer dead on..

     

     

    Bring on the Hearts!

  4. johann murdoch on

    Videoing the refs on the masonic after dinner circuit might be more enlightening…

     

    “Wait till ah tell ye about the time…”

  5. Margaret McGill on

    There are 2 types of Celtic supporters:

     

    1. Those that can extrapolate from incomplete data

  6. Margaret McGill on

    “I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place.”

     

    Ach Winston was top notch. Next you’ll awe be whining about hun cheating.

  7. BABASONICOS71 on

    MAGS…

     

    Imagine how long our games will last when you factor in all the video ‘editing’ to make the decision under review not in Celtic’s favour.There’ll be CGI involved.

     

     

    STARRY…

     

    CERN is the epicentre of Satan’s dastardly plan,you can even feel the residual heat of his heinous furnace that burns with demonic abandon in the Swiss Alps here in Greenock (though that might be from one of the fires the Easdale’s have got nothing to do with). ;)

     

    What par is the hole Adolf has his own bunker on? ;))

  8. Video referee is a no-brainer.

     

     

    In Scotland we’ll need to be careful that the ref watching the video is not doing so from them comfort of his local lodge.

     

     

    Árd Macha

  9. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    BMCUWP

     

     

    Yeah….WIki Articles used as source material, and you think im bothered by punctuation on a blog.

     

    Intellectual snobbery….behave yourself.

     

    I was pointing out the difference between glancing at wiki articles, and reading some proper source material.

     

    And was ripping the p….so what

     

    Humour bypass or what

  10. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    BMCUWP

     

     

    Read Mazower and Snyder then we can talk about it.

     

    We can start there if you like.

     

    Ive read extensively on the subject….not fecking wiki articles

     

    Whats next….the fecking Beano

  11. Thanks to a CQN regular, I now know what “Pseuds Corner” is.

     

     

    Indeed everyday is a schoolday.

     

     

    HH.

  12. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    Talk about Lazy Journalism.

     

    What we have here is the ‘Keech Jackson’ school of history.

     

    You know…where you get stick for calling out ‘Keech’

  13. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    Yeah, call me out on a tired dropped ‘c’ and punctuation….but im an intellectual snob.

     

    Feck off with that.

  14. Stuart Armstrong could be the latest Celtic player to tie up his long-term future to the Parkhead club after confirming that negotiations are well underway to extend his current deal.

     

     

    The midfielder has 18 months remaining on his contract but Celtic will look to ensure that the player, who will turn 25 tomorrow, is secured beyond that.

     

     

    “The club and my representatives are in negotiations and things seem to be going well,” said Armstrong, who made his senior Scotland debut on Sunday night in the 1-0 win over Slovenia.

  15. Margaret McGill on

    BABASONICOS71 on 29th March 2017 2:03 pm

     

    Wow! you have given me an idea.

     

    CGI software SPL post world cup 2018 bonanza.!!!

     

    I’ll start work on it immediately.

     

    What a gravy train thats gonna be.

     

    I’ll call it

     

    Hoodwink 100

     

    naw

     

    hunscam55

     

    from Adobe.

     

    naw…

     

     

    any ideas?

  16. Laziness ? on my part ?

     

    Whats happening ( Have I missed something ? ),

     

    Are we to finally have “Video Refs” in Scotland ? If so, when ?

     

    I know that they had a video ref at the France v Spain match last night, but I fell asleep as usual.

     

    What was the score in that game Bhoys ?

     

    Cheers for any info.

     

    HH

  17. Margaret McGill on

    Big Jimmy on 29th March 2017 2:23 pm

     

    depends

     

    2-0

     

    in Scotland it was 1-1

  18. Are we going to see ( or hear ) officials ‘mic’d up’ along with the introduction of video replays ? works well for the egg-chasers.

     

    Seeing how they already have their own wee closed channel to make sure they all see – or don’t see – the same penalty/handball/assault, it should be very easy to transmit and share.

     

    Now that would be a channel worth getting access to on the old Kodi thingy ;-)

  19. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    ARD MACHA

     

     

    Yeah…the clique of ‘Lazy Journalism’:)

     

     

     

    HH

  20. VFR800 is now a Monster 821 on

    MARGARET MCGILL on 29TH MARCH 2017 1:57 PM

     

     

    Very good; you should get that up on Hun Media somehow; it will keep them occupied for months!

     

     

    KTF

  21. VFR800 is now a Monster 821 on

    SAINT STIVS on 29TH MARCH 2017 1:45 PM

     

    the video referee will need to do it in a suzy dent countdown style, of sitting behind a desk , with the rule book, and then telling the on field referee, the exact law of the game they are applying, and the outcome.

     

    _____________________________________________

     

     

    Where does Rachel Riley fit into this scenario?

     

     

    Thanks

     

     

    Frank

  22. The Green Man says SACK THE Board on

    Greenpinata

     

     

    Noticed your ‘pseuds’ comment:)

     

    I will respond by saying, that if people dont know about history, you can tell them anything, and they will believe it.

     

    No?

     

     

    HH

  23. If we don’t get video refs in place for next season, I will blame feckin Brexit !

     

    Seriously, at my age I will probably not see too much difference in everyday living ? However, it’s the younger generation I feel sorry for.

     

    I vividly remember the day after Thatcher was elected as PM in 1979, and being in the pub with my mates. We watched as young school kids walked by the open pub doors, fearing for their futures as well as or own ( I was about 24 then), Little did we know that we were in for 18 years of Tory misrule and misery for working class folk !

     

    I watched The BBC today with the signing of Article 50 etc. Those Brexiters have got us in a right old mess, and it’s gonna get worse for years to come imo.

     

    The first hurdle is that The EU want ” The Divorce Payment….£52 billion up front ” ? , BEFORE they sit down for talks with Britain !

     

    Funny how none of the Brexiters told us of the “Divorce Payment” during their campaign for leave ? As for The NHS receiving £350 million each and every week…..Don’t hold your breath, as many of you will be aware, the Brexiters have been backtracking on that for months now, and were at it again today in Parliament when questioned about it.

     

    Of course Barmy Boris and his cronies found it all so amusing.

     

    Anyway, rant over……………but IF we don’t beat the Huns twice more this season, I’m still blaming feckin Brexit !

     

    HH

  24. BABASONICOS71 on

    MARGARET MCGILL on 29TH MARCH 2017 2:21 PM

     

     

    Derry’s Wall-E

     

    or

     

    Huns Labyrinth

     

    ;))

  25. Rachel Riley ?…..Simples.

     

    Rachel could be my personal trainer, being there to apply a rub down over my old bones whilst watching The Hoops.

     

    If that doesn’t happen, I’m blaming feckin Brexit !

     

    HH

  26. ÁRD MACHA on 29TH MARCH 2017 2:26 PM

     

     

    Is there a clique on here:-).

     

    ————

     

    Ha, welcome back. Surely you haven’t been away that long. There are now cliques within cliques.:-) They tend to appear during international breaks.

     

    My favourite a wee while back was the Clown clique, very typical cliquish traits. Some posters found them funny, whereas some found them frightening. :-)

     

     

    HH to you.

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