Match Replays

We're working on a way to view match replays, Football Manager like. For those of you who have never played Football Manager, the match view is top-down in a 2D field. Players are represented by circles with their names below and the ball is a smaller circle.

We plan to make the match speed configurable and also allow it to be paused and rewinded. Obviously you can take no strategical action during the replay, as the match already happened. Talking about strategies we still have to decide what will be configurable, so feel free to give any suggestions.