Stu Jackson Quotes

With goal-line technology, there are plenty of results that could be changed.

I think retrospective viewing of diving is nearly more important than some of the technology they are on about bringing in. If you do that and players get banned, it wouldn't take long before you'd cut it out.

Football is always a very emotional game, and VAR is changing that a bit.

Distant replay morphs into instant replay, and future replay cannot be far off.

There are pitfalls in World Cups, there are players who can win penalties and players who get the slightest touch and go down holding their face or whatever and get someone sent off. There are all these little things and you're hoping that you're not on the wrong end of it.

Error is part of the game. I never, ever second-guessed myself on a call and don't believe good umpires ever should.

Instant replay ought to be thrown out. Period. It's a game of imperfections. Why is that so bad for the game? Really, I think they are trying to make the game perfect. I'll tell you what: It will never, ever be perfect.

If we want football to be a sport that is no longer a sport, then use VAR on every incident. However, if we get to March, where every point becomes decisive, then games can last three or four hours.

We've all had meetings with the referees. We're all clear with how VAR works, and ultimately, you want the rules to be fair.

All the major sports have video reviews, and for some reason, the Premier League, which is watched all around the world, is still in the dark ages.

Really and truly, I don't like talking about refereeing decisions.

I never blame the refs as I know how tough it is, how fast the play goes, how difficult it is to keep up with the play.

The appetite for more instant replay in the sport is very low.

Every philosophical review ought to be a philosophy of reviews at the same time.

In ways to greatness think on this, That slippery all ambition is

If you are ignorant enough, you can walk like a cat on the slippery roof-ridge of danger.

The thing about plummetting downhill at fifty miles an hour on a snack platter - if you realize it's a bad idea when you're halfway down, it's too late.

I always question whether it's the right time for anything I do.

It is so easy to get sucked into the if-only game, and playing it is a short and slippery slide into despair.

The more you read the novella, the more you should wonder, I think, which judgments are to be taken as bedrock.

Never complain about the officiating. It does no good. During the game I don't want to be fighting two opponents.

Decisions are made by people who have time, not people who have talent.

Even if I remember the first time perfectly, I don't remember the beginning at all. I mean: the beginning of addiction. It's hard to say when it becomes a problem; it sneaks up on you like a sun shower.

If there was one thing life had taught her it was that there are times when you do not go back for your bag and times when you do. It had yet to teach her to distinguish between the two types of occasion.

Life is slippery. We all need a loving hand to hold onto.