No technology is just right
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Football has hit the nail on the head by refusing to introduce technology into the great game. The Merseyside derby is good reason why football has got it so right.
Liverpool should have won in the final minute of injury time, when Luis Suarez scored a legitimate goal only for the linesman to rule him offside and deny the winning goal.
Sure, a video replay would have determined Suarez was onside and it was a goal, but that would ignore the fact that it wasn’t able to look at whether Suarez should have been sent off for two ordinary challenges earlier in the match.
It takes out the consistency in a match, which allows the on-field officials to make all the decisions, whether right or wrong.
Also these things tend to even themselves out. Last year in the corresponding match it was Everton who were dudded when Jack Rodwell was red carded for a challenge the FA ended up reversing. His three match suspension was lifted because it wasn’t a red card offence.
That time Liverpool got the good fortune, this time it was Everton.
Too many people want video technology to intervene with how sport was meant to be played. On the field, without blokes watching it on TVs in the grandstands having any input.
The talk about technology now being there so we should use it doesn’t wash with me. Humans make mistakes and referees make plenty, but as long as they are not cheating, then live with it.
Every batsman in the history of cricket has copped a poor decision, but every batsman has copped a good one too.
Video technology in sport is overrated and completely unnecessary. Sport won’t go back to how it should be played but the longer football can hold off on bringing in technology the better.
It’s played like it was 50 years ago and hopefully in 50 years’ time, it will remain the same.
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October 30th 2012 @ 6:40am
peeeko said | October 30th 2012 @ 6:40am | Report comment
so if technology cant stop everything wrong dont use it?
October 30th 2012 @ 6:54am
Johnno said | October 30th 2012 @ 6:54am | Report comment
I’m sure Frank Lampard, and the Irish soccer team that played France in 2009, im sure they overwhelmingly agree with this article “psarchasm “.
October 30th 2012 @ 8:37am
Bolt1493 said | October 30th 2012 @ 8:37am | Report comment
& Man U’s & Arsenal’s offside goals that were allowed,,both to win games must also be great for the sport. So everything is just dandy
October 30th 2012 @ 9:21am
c said | October 30th 2012 @ 9:21am | Report comment
it dosent wash with me circa 1957 either thanks
October 30th 2012 @ 9:23am
Beardan said | October 30th 2012 @ 9:23am | Report comment
Human error. Its all part of sport. Frank Lampard and the Irish team may get the rub of the green the next time. I’m sure Arsenal and Man U have copped raw decisions before.
October 30th 2012 @ 12:37pm
Nick said | October 30th 2012 @ 12:37pm | Report comment
Yes human error is good in some instances but on the whole i think most people would like to see the correct decision being given. This is where technology comes in especially goal-line technology. In all honesty the ref is not going to be able to see through a crowded penalty area to see if the ball has crossed the line and the assistants are often too far away to really make an informed decision. This is where technology is useful, i think it should be used for any incidents where there is any confusion on whether a goal should or should not be awarded.
Answer me this. What is worse seeing Hernandez score from an offside position or seeing the goal correctly overruled by the use of technology? Its a pretty simple answer really. FIFA, UEFA, FA anyone with any power in the world of Football should take the punt and implement goal technology, i don’t think technology has any place in general play that will just slow the game down. But it should be used to determine if a goal has been scored or if a goal has been incorrectly given.
October 30th 2012 @ 10:59am
jbinnie said | October 30th 2012 @ 10:59am | Report comment
Beardan- I think you are missing a very important point in your offering.I have never read anywhere that technology would be used to undermine a referee’s authority. I think any reasonable thinker would agree the man in the middle MUST remain in charge. However there are many,many people who can see no wrong in these days of very advanced technology in recording,replaying & communication, that that same technology could not be used BY a referee if he has the slightest doubt in his mind of any award he may have to make. I think it is this “head in the sand ” approach that causes much of the debate in this area,Let’s have the technology AVAILABLE at the highest level ,but ONLY FOR THE REFEREE TO USE IF HE OR SHE REQUESTS SUCH HELP. jb
October 30th 2012 @ 11:01am
Towser said | October 30th 2012 @ 11:01am | Report comment
Human error will always be part of sport no matter the technology.
However you can pose the question”why should sport be exempt from human intervention” when nothing else on the planet seems to be?
If history is repeated which eventually it always is, then human advancement will interfere in football.
You may or may not like it ,but it will happen regardless.
In that case there will be no choice but to be careful & selective in where its used or it wiill be a dogs breakfast.
What areas of perceived injustice irk the fan(the only reason professional football is just that) the most.
Lets be fanciful,would I buy the rub of the green argument if I was a Socceroo fan in a World Cup Final score 1-1 & the ball undoubtebly bounced under the crossbar & over the line in the last minute of the match & the ref said no goal.
Sure I’d turn to the next fan & say calmly “lets be philosophical we’ll get the rub of the green next time”.
October 30th 2012 @ 4:21pm
Siege of Perth said | October 30th 2012 @ 4:21pm | Report comment
Understand your point but do not buy it for a second. We dont watch the game to see what the referees do we watch to enjoy the sport itself. If we never talk about the refs then things are going good. Goal Line Technology is obvious, theres no interpretation involved, no inconstancy, its either in or not, easy. For things around the ground I think a challenge system would be best. I get the argument about protecting the flow of the game but its almost a myth. Balls go out for throw ins, theres corners and goal kicks, every time there’s a foul anywhere near the goal there is the set up time PLUS the time spent with the players surrounding the refs arguing. Theres plenty of opportunity. No idea what the best strategy is, but a bad one is better than none at all. At least test it in the League and FA Cup if there is worries it wont work
October 30th 2012 @ 9:42pm
Beardan said | October 30th 2012 @ 9:42pm | Report comment
I can handle goal line technology coming in but thats it. As for a challenge system give me a break. This great sport is not Gridiron, where they play for 10 seconds and talk for 5 minutes. Just let the referee’s referee the game, accept human error and talk about the football. MAnchester United were brilliant for the first 30 minutes against Chelsea. Jbinnie we dont want referee’s stopping the match to second guess themselves. It would be ridiculous. You havent thought your comment through at all.
October 31st 2012 @ 9:49pm
jbinnie said | October 31st 2012 @ 9:49pm | Report comment
Bearden – Like a lot of bloggers you either haven’t understood a comment or you are creating a reply before absorbing the message.Who mentioned referees stopping the match to “second guess ” themselves?
I did say the technology should be made available to referees in top level football simply as a backup SHOULD THEY REQUIRE IT!
I did stress that the referee would be the only man to call on that technology if he so required,& In most games I would doubt that would happens more than 3 times.
As some one else has pointed out ,the time used up would probably be less than the time used up when a referee has to argue a point with players over a contentious issue.
That is another point you have ignored but should think anout. Would players get up to their tricks knowing that the ref could call on that technology?????? jb
November 1st 2012 @ 10:29am
Beardan said | November 1st 2012 @ 10:29am | Report comment
Sorry Jbinnie you were the one who wants the referee to call upon the video. Its not the way you want referee’s to be thinking. Why cant you just accept their decisions? If they missed it they have assistants, if they all missed it then move on. Between the three of them at least one of them should have a clear view. Its not as fast as people make out it is.
Its true players may not get up to as many tricks as they do, but having 22 players sit around looking at a big screen or sitting around like a bunch of cows in the field waiting for some bloke in the stand to make a decision goes completely against the fabric of football. You dont seen to realise or understand this. Neither do the people who are pro technology.
November 1st 2012 @ 6:12pm
jbinnie said | November 1st 2012 @ 6:12pm | Report comment
Bearden. Do you really comprehend the written word. You say ” you were the one who WANTS the referee to call upon that video.” I did not say that,I said the referee should have technology to consult if HE wanto to, not ME, HE the referee..
You then go on from the ridiculous in your description of how this technology would work and if these are really your thoughts I’d think we’d better close this discussion for we are planes apart on out thinking. Ok jb
November 3rd 2012 @ 10:37pm
Peter said | November 3rd 2012 @ 10:37pm | Report comment
you are a flog…this is the worst thing i’ve ever read! how can you condone people getting things wrong?