Bristol City manager Gary Johnson has expressed his disappointment and surprise at FIFA's decision to reject the use of goalline technology.FIFA president Sepp Blatter claims the systems being developed are too complicated, too expensive and not reliable enough. Football's rulemakers ended the Premier League's hopes of introducing the technology for the 2009/10 season by freezing any further trials on separate systems being developed by Hawkeye and adidas/Cairos Technologies.

Instead, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) meeting in Gleneagles at the weekend decided to push ahead with experiments with two extra assistant referees standing behind each goal-line.

Johnson's Championship leaders controversially had a goalline decision go against them in the goalless draw against Leicester on Saturday when Brian Wilson's 30-yard thunderbolt appeared to cross the line after bouncing down off the crossbar.

"I am in favour of using goalline technology. FIFA's decision is disappointing as I can't understand why you wouldn't want to utilise something that is only going to help and benefit the game," said the former Latvia head coach.

"Linesmen or referee's assistants are not Linford Christie. If someone has a shot from 40-yards and it hits the crossbar, how can you then tell when the ball is moving like a bullet whether it has crossed the line? That kind of decision is the only one the game needs help with. It is the most contentious one as it wins or loses many games. Brian Wilson's shot was a perfect example and it just surprises me when I hear things like this."

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