I reckon January 1st was national ‘Hand Ball’ day, given the number of controversial incidents involving hand ball during the days football.
But, like the Murphys, I’m not bitter 
I thought it was high time I pontificated on one of the more controversial topics that crops up on days like Saturday in football – television replays. More and more sports are using them now (cricket, rugby and american football, to name 3) but football has steadfastly refused to do so, and for some quite good reasons. However, I would like to suggest a scheme whereby television replays can be used without adversely affecting the game:
Television replays are only used in 1 of 2 circumstances:
1. When requested by the referee when neither himself or the linesman has seen an incident in the penalty area.
2. Each manager can call for 1 replay per match to challenge a decision by the referee.
In both instances, play must have stopped for this to happen.
(FYI option 1 is similar to what happens in cricket, and option 2 is something that has been introduced in American Football).
This means that there will not be thousands of replays in every game, but it also gives the manager an opportunity to correct a bad decision, but no opportunity to abuse the system. It’s not foolproof, but I believe that it could have helped in all the incidents on Saturday.
mrBen