First of all well done ladies, excellent hockey to get where you have got to.
I've really enjoyed watching the hockey on the BBC red button, and this blog isn't going to go an about the quality of the broadcast, which I still think has to be improved for it to become a proper televised sport (http://borrow-ipad.blogspot.com/2010/10/hockey-on-tv.html) but all in all it's been great.
Reading all the comments in my twitter feed about how good it is to see hockey on tv though, It did make me wonder though and look a bit closer at what I was watching. Why was this better than watching the men when I wrote the first blog.
The conclusion I came to was the fact I was watching the woman play. No this is not going to turn into a sexist rant from a male hockey player, but the game being a little bit slower reminded me off how we try to play as a club side. Again, I am not putting down the woman's game I any way, it is meant as a compliment. The men's game at that level, is very quick, very skilful, but probably too much.
I don't think there are many lower league clubs lower team club players who could relate 100% to the men's game. But looking at the England ladies, I think you can appreciate there skill, and how they pay the game and truly relate to it and maybe use it to improve there game, male and female.
I wish it was possible for England Hockey and a TV broadcaster to get together to improve the quality of the broadcast, and if necessary, change the game at that level to make it a more televisually event. After all, they have already got different rules with regards to the cards etc, so we don't have the same regard to keep the rules the same at all levels as they do in football.
Sunday, 5 February 2012
Football technology
I will state upfront, I am not a massive football fan, I don't go to games, but I enjoy to watch a good game.
Every week I sit and watch match of the day while my wife sleeps on the settee, and in almost every game a decision is made or not made as the case may be to use technology.
I understand the arguments against using it that are regularly sited by FIFA and other organisations, but I do wonder how many times they watch a game.
If we use a penalty decision for example, in most cases from what I watch on MOTD, the game usually stops. If a referee believes a foul has been committed, then he stops the game to give the decision. He can quite easily stop the game and check. If the ref doesn't think there is a foul and is 100% sure of his decision at the time, then the game carries on. I believe that the game would naturally pause or stop allowing for a review to take place.
It also allows for red cards or could to be reviewed properly. Again, the game naturally stops at this point, it's not as if the game has to carry on for 5 minutes and then brought back.
I also think, while I am at it, that decisions are made on reputation and more people should be sent off when looking at the tackles people make. I strongly think a sin bin in football would answer this problem.
One of the arguments used against sending these highly paid popular players off from the bigger teams is that people pay to come and see these people play, and by sending them off in the first 10 minutes ruins the game. At the end of the day, if a foul deserves a sending off, it deserves a sending off, no matter who, no matter when. It also seems quite regularly reported that Iftar referees gave more cards for these outbursts, it would stop them from happening. Surely then, by introducing a sin bin,the ref can caution these players, the team suffers for a period of time, but the people who pay to see these stars, are not dissapointed.
Every week I sit and watch match of the day while my wife sleeps on the settee, and in almost every game a decision is made or not made as the case may be to use technology.
I understand the arguments against using it that are regularly sited by FIFA and other organisations, but I do wonder how many times they watch a game.
If we use a penalty decision for example, in most cases from what I watch on MOTD, the game usually stops. If a referee believes a foul has been committed, then he stops the game to give the decision. He can quite easily stop the game and check. If the ref doesn't think there is a foul and is 100% sure of his decision at the time, then the game carries on. I believe that the game would naturally pause or stop allowing for a review to take place.
It also allows for red cards or could to be reviewed properly. Again, the game naturally stops at this point, it's not as if the game has to carry on for 5 minutes and then brought back.
I also think, while I am at it, that decisions are made on reputation and more people should be sent off when looking at the tackles people make. I strongly think a sin bin in football would answer this problem.
One of the arguments used against sending these highly paid popular players off from the bigger teams is that people pay to come and see these people play, and by sending them off in the first 10 minutes ruins the game. At the end of the day, if a foul deserves a sending off, it deserves a sending off, no matter who, no matter when. It also seems quite regularly reported that Iftar referees gave more cards for these outbursts, it would stop them from happening. Surely then, by introducing a sin bin,the ref can caution these players, the team suffers for a period of time, but the people who pay to see these stars, are not dissapointed.
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