Now I know we were fortunate to have a linesman on Friday who spotted that Mackies shot had crossed the goal line and was able to advise the ref accordingly, but I didn't realise until I read the paper this morning that Burnley had a perfectly good goal not given at Brighton yesterday a few minutes before they got their stoppage time equaliser, because the linesman didn't see that the ball was a foot or so over the line before it was hacked clear. So, isn't it about time that all grounds in the 4 divisions had goal line technology? With so much money at stake with promotion from the Championship it's daft that this technology is effectively banned in the league. I know that cost of installation has been often quoted as a stumbling block but maybe it's time that the Football Association/Premier League provided grants to all clubs towards these costs, with maybe the clubs paying a fraction of the costs. There has to come a time when this reliance on human eyesight is helped by technology, it would have been hugely embarrassing for the Football League if there were a couple of good goals scored that were not given simply because the action happened too quickly for the Linesman......... Thoughts?
Yes. More than enough money in football for the FA to provide this across the top four divisions at least.
Yes and it should cover the complete goal line both ends, and sides really, so that for example, the goal Polter scored from Hoillets cross which the camera's there showed was not completely over the line, be judged correctly. This technology has been in use for many years in for example tennis and can't be that expensive now.
Absolutely. Glad the lino did give Mackie's goal but from the position he was in, it was hard to see how he actually saw it. I wonder whether he (partially) gave it on the basis of players' reaction. Anyway, completely agree we should have it.
I'm for all technology to be used in football. I just want the to see the correct decision to be arrived at every controversial decision or action. Whether that be the ball going out of play, playacting, penalty decisions or offsides. I'd like to see the refs miked up as they do in the rugby as well. Hearing why the ref has given a decision and explaining it to the captain's is helpful to both the fans and those participating. I think the top two divisions can afford to do this.
I think it should applied universally across all four divisions. The comment about install costs being prohibitive just seems an excuse especially if they de-commission it upon relegation, leave it in situ if it's expensive to install.
It cost the PL clubs £15k each to have it installed. Doesn't sound much, but probably is to a lot of lower league teams. Who monitors it, the 4th official, or does it just beam its findings to the ref?
Should be in every club but paid for by the Prem or the League to make it fair. They get enough revenue these days so can easily afford it and I'm sure they could get a decent deal with sponsorship and contracts to provide the technology for a fixed term. Expecting the clubs to stump up for technology themselves is a bit cheeky.
15K? okay so that's £1,080,000 across the 72 football league clubs, just over 4 weeks of Rooney's wages, a small price to pay for correct decisions, plus it takes some of the pressure off the match officials......
I completely agree with the OP. It's a no-brainer. If cost is an issue, maybe it should be rolled out in phases to the Championship and then later to League 1/2. So much hangs on promotion to the Premier League that it's a bit of a joke that the technology used in the EPL is not used in the division below it when it costs such a relatively trivial amount. Me, I would take it a step further and have video replays. There is the danger that this might introduce long delays and slow the game down but I am sure there is sufficient brain power at the EPL and FA to dream up a system that keeps this under control.
Yes we were talking about that on the way home. How mad is that. We actually had the facility in place and have to take it out because we are no longer in the Prem.
If video replays were ever put in, then make it only for certain things (such as penalty appeals, disallowed goals, or potential red card offences - either for or against you) and allow each side a single challenge each half, plus one extra time challenge in cup games. If you are wrong, hard luck . If there's a natural break in play (pen given or red card awarded) then use the break. Otherwise keep going, and only stop play afterwards if you need to. Then bring it back, like Rugby. All challenges need to be signalled to 4th official within 15 seconds of the incident. Any scores whilst the review is in progress stand, unless the score is a direct result of an incorrect decision under review.
Definitely agree for deciding whether a ball had crossed a line and easily provable incidents but for red cards etc even with technology it's still an interpretative thing and I think would cause too many delays to the game. Take kouyate's red card on Saturday, I don't think it was a red but many do.
Need goal line and really side line ttechnology. But I'm very sceptical about use of video replays in play itself. Firstly there are enough stoppages in the game already, don't wamt more. Secondly I think the Officials are better able to see what is a dive and what is genuine. Diving is so good now the cameras don't help, but the stink of it is smelt by the Ref. Fouls are frequently missed by TV cameras missing the correct angle, the Refs get hounded and abused but are often shown to be correct by a photo taken from a different position.
Yes, this was the sort of system I was thinking of and it would overcome the type of issues that Frome and Oslo point out (above).
A big YES. Plus the 4th official to have access to a TV monitor for all televised games so that he can see the replay. Use the technology where available to eliminate human error. But at least R Block had fun harassing the linesman last Friday.
