Im_Spartacus wrote:Tokyo Blue wrote:Im_Spartacus wrote:I suspect that there's a country to the north of England who are seething with the quality of refereeing/technology right now, in that so much as video refereeing helps with the key calls, the ref has to make the call to go to the video ref in the first place. If he chooses not to, then human error still causes match defining moments
They'll get as much sympathy from me as England got from them when the handball by maradona happened and the Lampard goal was disallowed in the bought-by-Germany world cup, i.e. none at all.
A disallowed goal which of course makes you wonder just how much of it was bought.
Don't get me wrong, the sweaty socks can go fuck themselves, just highlighting the flaws with video refereeing in a game held up as a shining beacon of good refereeing.
That doesn't really highlight the flaws in video refereeing. If it had of gone to the TMO the chances are the penalty would not have been given.
The report stated;
It is important to clarify that, under the protocols, the referee could not refer to the television match official in this case and therefore had to rely on what he saw in real time. In this case, Law 11.3(c) should have been applied, putting Welsh onside. The appropriate decision, therefore, should have been a scrum to Australia for the original knock-on.
It just shows that refereeing of any sport is prone to human error and human interpretations. The ref made a call judged on what he saw in real time. The rules of the game did not permit him to put that to the TMO. If he was allowed the likelihood is that Scotland would be in the semi-finals now. That's huge.
Regardless of where your sympathies lie, that is a hell of a kick in the teeth. The refereeing with TMO in The Rugby world cup has, by and large, been brilliant in my opinion. When you compare it to Football there is no comparison. We've all been there. England, as has been pointed out. Ireland, definitely with the famous Thierry Henry incident. It just seems to happen so often and so matter-of-factly, in football. It's just accepted and really shouldn't be.
Fans know football is bent, but the powers that be have a captive audience and really don't care.
I love football and especially this era of watching City, but the game is a million miles away from what I grew up playing and what I see my son playing in under-age leagues. Fifa/Uefa and the rest are ruining it. The money involved, the sponsors, the TV companies the media, they are all culpable.
I don't know what the answer is. How does the ordinary supporter reclaim the game. Making it an even playing field for all teams. Making it an honest competition has to be a starting point. IMO there is no sufficient argument, not to have a very minimum of Goal Line technology in all major competitions.
Rugby players have GPS systems stitched into the back of their jerseys. As someone else pointed out, I think, surely football players could have the same and it wouldn't be too difficult to design a program that could determine offsides immediately.
Anything that gives a referee immediate accurate information has to be an improvement on the current situation that is so open to abuse.
As for Scotland. I can understand how you wouldn't have sympathy for them, but I do. It's not the same as the injustices I've seen in football, but purely from the point of view of being so close and yet so far, because of a wrong call (no matter how honestly called).
