Hughes Video Technology Plea
An angry Mark Hughes has added his voice to the demand for the
introduction of video technology following Manchester City's defeat
at Wigan. The game centred on a controversial penalty award by
referee Steve Bennett.
Hughes commented "I think it [diving] is part and parcel of the
game and the foreign players are a bit more adept at it than the
British-based players. "The ability to draw fouls in some places is
seen as a skill so he's obviously very skilful at that. I didn't
used to fall down quite as easy as that.
"On occasions referees get the incidentals wrong and sometimes you
scratch your head, but what they have to get is the key decisions
right and the key decisions were not made correctly and that had a
direct impact on the result, I felt.
"Goalline technology is something that has to be brought in because
it is easily implemented. "The means are there to do it now so why
it has not been I have no idea. "Video technology, or technology in
other parts of the game, is a different subject and possibly will
impact fundamentally more on the game as we know it. "But certainly
for key moments, or key decisions, that have to be made which can
directly change a game why not use the cameras?
"It's not as if it is like the old days when it was one camera on
top of a gantry - there are cameras everywhere so it can be done."
