Platini's Playstation Football

[GhostOfDixie]

Love him or hate him, he's here to stay in European football. Personally I find the man very arrogant, but he is French.

Anyway, that's beside the point.

He actually made some sense in his thoughts about goal-line technology. Having an extra assistant behind the goal should be sufficient enough to state whether or not a ball has crossed the line. Sure technology would say to the minutest measurement if a ball has crossed the line or not, but then we are taking away the nature of the game by doing so.

Part of the reason football is so great is because there are errors made, it is flawed, and it sparks topical debates.

Obviously there have been some unbelievable decisions in the past 5 years where a ball has clearly crossed the line, Spurs Man U game for one. And then there is the incredible event of that clown who ruled a goal that never was for Reading v Watford I believe, Stuart Attwell.

But having someone behind the goal would be able to ascertain if a ball had clearly crossed the line, plus they would be able to assist in any pushing that goes on in the box.

I think that would be the right move, and I can understand his desire to not let it become TV oriented like American Football is.

So Allez Bleus!

 

[Sharpys top lip]

They tried this in the Europa cup, and it still never worked.

So no for me.

 

[GhostOfDixie]

They tried this in the Europa cup, and it still never worked.

So no for me.

They tried it along side the goal didn't they? But why didn't it work? The Saha sending off? One incident, goal line technology would not have made a difference there.

It's for contentious issues with goals going over the line or not.

 

[Sharpys top lip]

They were getting pens wrong and it was a case of to many cooks.

Also, some things are to quick for the eye. No matter how many people are there. Only slow-mo playback can see.

 

[GhostOfDixie]

They were getting pens wrong and it was a case of to many cooks.

Also, some things are to quick for the eye. No matter how many people are there. Only slow-mo playback can see.

Well 3 incidents that I remember over the past 5 years:

1. Spurs goal against Man U
2. Lampard against Germany
3. Reading goal that wasn't.

Those 3 could all have been declared correct if someone was behind the goal, for that I am certain.

 

[Sharpys top lip]

Well 3 incidents that I remember over the past 5 years:

1. Spurs goal against Man U
2. Lampard against Germany
3. Reading goal that wasn't.

Those 3 could all have been declared correct if someone was behind the goal, for that I am certain.

Thing is, humans make mistakes. the 'ref' behind the goal might make a mistake to. So whats the point. camera tech or nothing.

 

[GhostOfDixie]

Thing is, humans make mistakes. the 'ref' behind the goal might make a mistake to. So whats the point. camera tech or nothing.

because it's cheaper, and nobody looking at those goals from those positions could miss them, impossible from those angles. It's all about helping the ref really.

 

[Sharpys top lip]

because it's cheaper, and nobody looking at those goals from those positions could miss them, impossible from those angles. It's all about helping the ref really.

That shouldn't matter in tpo league football. The Camera's are already there. But the advantage about ref behind the goal is that it could go down to grass roots.