Premier League managers discuss proposed video technology plans

Premier League managers have had their say on proposed plans to introduce more video technology in football.

The International Football Association Board is proposing to experiment with further video assistance for match officials in four key areas - contentious goals, penalty decisions, red cards and cases of mistaken identity.

Trials have taken place in the Dutch league to give referees assistance from officials with access to video footage when making major decisions over penalties, goals and red cards.

On Thursday, FA chief executive Martin Glenn revealed the FA Cup could trial new video technology in next season's competition, but talk of added assistance has divided opinion among Premier League managers... 

West Bromwich Albion manager Tony Pulis: 

"If they are going to bring it in, I am all for it. Managers or clubs should have two calls a game, where they can call things back and look at it," he said. 

"I don't think you want it time after time. But if we are talking about bringing video technology closer to the bench and pitch, then we can get two calls in. One in one half and the other in the other half and hopefully that would help."

Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe:

"What we had last week with Simon Francis' tackle on Jamie Vardy, it polarised opinion. Was it foul? Was it a sending-off? Was it a penalty? You can look it as many times as you like and people are still coming up with different answers," he said. 

"I don't think it is going to be clear cut. It depends on what areas of the pitch it is look at in. I would be open to it, but it does need to be thought about long and hard."

Everton manager Roberto Martinez: 

"We should allow the referees to make their own decisions and manage the game. Clearly if they cannot see an incident that is something they need help with. Mistaken identity for example," he said. 

"Those sorts of decisions I always felt video technology could be helpful, but I wouldn't like to take the human error away from the game. Human error is part of football. It is a game of errors and how you react to these errors as a player and a referee should be exactly the same."

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino: 

"More technology? I doubt whether it is good for football. The good thing in football is that we can speak after the game a lot about whether it was a red card or yellow card or was it offside or not offside.

I think football needs to keep things important such as the human decision. I think football needs to keep its sense of the past."