cmon its just a game! and reading need the help anyway

I`m with the techno crew.....

Adding more refs will only make the game worse. One­ says it is in, the other says no. And players would be­ taking the side that suites them.. A real mess!! They­ should start using video referring just like in Rugby­ and Cricket, but just for giving penalties and goals..

How hard would it be to put a chip in every ball in the­ higher leagues and sensors around the touchline, so if­ the ball goes out then the ref knows straight away­ it's out/goal.
Okay I know not every pro team in­ the UK can afford the cost but the FA's around the­ UK are rich enough to pay for this. So lets get with­ technology.

Refs must be culpable. Living overseas I get all my­ football on the box and watch the German, Spanish and­ Italian football as well as the English Premiership­ highlights. I can't understand the poor quality and­ lack of consistency shown by English refs, if you­ refereed a game in Italy like this the fraud squad­ would be checking you out and you would have questions­ to answer, why aren’t referees responsible for their­ poor decisions that can cost clubs millions in lost­ revenue, something stinks. Overseas commentators are­ always bemused and replay over and over all the­ controversial refereeing decisions that happen weekly­ in the premiership and imply the ref is on the take.­ Why can’t a club, a player or a manager criticize bad­ refereeing and bad decisions? Why does the FA usually­ support bad refereeing blindly and not right obvious­ wrongs? Offend a ref and you get a booking, end a­ players career or sideline him for months and months­ and you get a booking where's the justice in­ that?
All refs should be above reproach and reveal­ their earnings and justify their assets.

Refs must be culpable. Living overseas I get all my­ football on the box and watch the German, Spanish and­ Italian football as well as the English Premiership­ highlights. I can't understand the poor quality and­ lack of consistency shown by English refs, if you­ refereed a game in Italy like this the fraud squad­ would be checking you out and you would have questions­ to answer, why aren’t referees responsible for their­ poor decisions that can cost clubs millions in lost­ revenue, something stinks. Overseas commentators are­ always bemused and replay over and over all the­ controversial refereeing decisions that happen weekly­ in the premiership and imply the ref is on the take.­ Why can’t a club, a player or a manager criticize bad­ refereeing and bad decisions? Why does the FA usually­ support bad refereeing blindly and not right obvious­ wrongs? Offend a ref and you get a booking, end a­ players career or sideline him for months and months­ and you get a booking where's the justice in­ that?
All refs should be above reproach and reveal­ their earnings and justify their assets.

As others have said, andysnowley's idea of two­ extra officials behind the goal lines seems to be a­ very simple way to cut down on contentious goal line­ and penalty area decisions. I'm sure that it could­ be trialled in a lower league for a year quite easily­ if the powers that be were prpared to give it a­ chance.
One thing that interests me with this incident­ is that criticism seems to be falling on the shoulders­ of the referee's assistant. Now, fair and square,­ he made an appallingly bad decision. But when all is­ said and done, he is only an advisor. It was the duty­ and the responsibility of the referee to award the­ goal, and should he not have made sure that he could­ see whether the ball crossed the line and entered the­ goal. Having announced HIS decision to award a goal­ should the stunned reaction of both sets of players­ have told him something? Mr Attwell may have a great­ career ahead of him, but I feel this is not a mistake­ an experienced referee would have made.

do away with lineman and bring them onto the pitch so­ they wood be
3 ref to cover the game

Football used to be called the gentlemens game and an­ error such as this would have been corrected by the­ referee and players however these days all players are­ liars and cheats so the ref can't believe a word­ they say. Players dive to claim penalties, claim throw­ ins and corners when they know they kicked the ball out­ themselves, pretend to be injured and indicate to the­ ref that he should book or send off other players. It­ doesn't matter how many officials are on the pitch,­ players will always dispute their desicions. What goes­ around comes around.

It is noticeable how football is the only one not to­ catch up with modern technology to help aid the­ officials. They have hawk eye in tennis, freeze frame­ in snooker to enable the balls to be repositioned­ correctly when a foul has been committed, video refs in­ rugby and third umpires for lbw's etc in cricket.­ All of these are major sports, yet football, argubly­ the biggest of the lot, is still using old methods of­ humans only, no extra technology. It needs to change.

comment from "andysnowley" - Good­ suggestion, something I've thought about for a­ while. Anyone who regularly watches games from behind­ the goal knows that you can see numerous things the­ officials miss. The logical place for two more­ officials would be behind the dead ball line between­ the flags, and the top games can afford 6 officials per­ match for sure.

the linesman has a great decision hahahahaha

About time some sort of action is taken against bad­ officiating.
Football is the worlds most popular and­ widely played sport and at the same time it has to be­ the worst officiated sport in the world.
I just­ can't think of another sport that sees as many­ officiating errors!
Too many referees and linesman­ getting TOO MANY key decisions wrong in my­ opinion.
Something has to be done. It's ridiculous!

This has gota be the number 1 football clanger of all­ time. Whats the point in having a linesman if he cant­ get a simple thing like that right? And i thought the­ Gerrard goal was bad enough. HA HA

its as most people have been saying the technology is­ there use it,i cant accept the comment that the penalty­ area was crowded so its understandable that mistakes­ are made!!!! could you imagine an incident like that on­ tuesday night when cardiff play the swans in a carling­ cup game on tuesday,the atmosphere will be tense to say­ the least and something like this could trigger a full­ scale riot

Ooooops! My diagram didn't come out the way it­ should in my first message, but hopefully the text made­ sense regarding the positioning of all­ assistants?

Soz!

this is all part of the game. some of the best talking­ points in football are the times someone gets it wrong.­ the game should be officiated by the 3 men on the field­ with their own eyes making their own judgements. ok­ this was a whoppa, but every mistake also favours­ someone. dont change anything.

It's not difficult to solve this problem. You have­ two additional assistants running the line between­ corner flag and post, one at each end, on the opposite­ side of the goal to the assistant running the touchline­ in their half. No expensive, complicated modern­ technology. No stopping the game to review footage.­ Just additional eyes where it counts. Also this would­ surely stop the persistant shirt pulling that blights­ any set play into the box, knowing that there are an­ extra pair of eyes. Between all three officials they­ should be able to cover every angle. It retains the­ humanity of the game whilst decreasing the possibility­ of a real howler, at the additional cost of two extra­ assistants which I would suggest is perfectly­ affordable in modern day football. Ask Mr Boothroyd if­ he'd be happy covering the additional cost? Why is­ it so complicated to solve????

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Duplicate this in the other­ half. Sorted for heavens sake!

lol

Isn't it about time that technology (instant­ play-back) is allowed in the game to help reduce the­ impact of such incidences?