FA Confirms Goal-Line Technology To Be Used.

[techie_tubby]

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It's been a long time coming and hopefully a step in the right direction. I don't however see the point in bringing it in as a half hearted test.

But the match officials will have no access to data and the trial will have no impact on any contentious goal-line decisions.

What to the Goaters think? Are the FA just doing it like this to say that it doesn't work and then don't have to fork out for it?

 

[Sixty Percent Overlap]

About bl00dy time too. What's more fitting is testing it, albeit a friendly, as England are playing. Especially when these decisions, if the ball crossed or not, seems to go always against England's way with the Mk 1 eyeball (with the exception of 66 of course).

The game is too quick these days to solely rely on the eye and there won't be a prolonged break in the flow of the game if a decision was required to be reviewed at the time by video by the 4th ref.

 

[Very Heavy very Humble]

Given that this sort of technology is already used by cricket tennis, rugby cant see any reason why it shouldnt be used for football.

 

[Sixty Percent Overlap]

Given that this sort of technology is already used by cricket tennis, rugby cant see any reason why it shouldnt be used for football.

My point exactly. I can't see where the debate is, especially with FIFA's continued resistance on the matter, when other sports have simply embraced it.

It just continually illustrates to those with more sense out there how old men in FIFA shouldn't be running the game.

 

[justintime129]

I'm playing devils advocate here.

Say the ball goes over the line but a defender hooks the ball out to a member of his team who races up the pitch and promptly scores. What would happen.

In the rugby union/league cricket they use the cameras, when there's a break in play ie if a try I'd scored or an appeal for a wicket. When do you get that break in football.

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[patch111]

I'm playing devils advocate here.

Say the ball goes over the line but a defender hooks the ball out to a member of his team who races up the pitch and promptly scores. What would happen.

In the rugby union/league cricket they use the cameras, when there's a break in play ie if a try I'd scored or an appeal for a wicket. When do you get that break in football.

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In that scenario then surely the first incident is a goal and the second is not. Any continuation of the game after the ball initially crossed the goal line should not have happened and therefore the second "goal" could not have occured and is disallowed. Fans and players of the second team may be a little disappointed, but disallowed goals happen all the time - its part of the game.
I don't really subscribe to the argument about the lack of natural breaks in play - they happen often enough (throw-ins, fouls, corners, etc) for there never to be (realistically) more than a minute or so delay after the event to analyse the video. Failing that, a referee could stop the game at a convenient point and restart with a drop-ball if necessary.

 

[justintime129]

In that scenario then surely the first incident is a goal and the second is not. Any continuation of the game after the ball initially crossed the goal line should not have happened and therefore the second "goal" could not have occured and is disallowed. Fans and players of the second team may be a little disappointed, but disallowed goals happen all the time - its part of the game.
I don't really subscribe to the argument about the lack of natural breaks in play - they happen often enough (throw-ins, fouls, corners, etc) for there never to be (realistically) more than a minute or so delay after the event to analyse the video. Failing that, a referee could stop the game at a convenient point and restart with a drop-ball if necessary.

So in the cup final Carroll wad sure he scored, chech was positive he he'd saved it. When would the ref go to the screen. Chech could have thrown the ball to a Chelsea striker. The game is so fast now.

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[justintime129]

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[propersplitbrainme]

So in the cup final Carroll wad sure he scored, chech was positive he he'd saved it. When would the ref go to the screen. Chech could have thrown the ball to a Chelsea striker. The game is so fast now.

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I think the idea is that the technology gives an instant call on whether the ball crossed the line or not, the ref has a wrist mounted device that signals to him when a goal has been scored so the second part of your scenario wouldn't play out.

 

[justintime129]

I think the idea is that the technology gives an instant call on whether the ball crossed the line or not, the ref has a wrist mounted device that signals to him when a goal has been scored so the second part of your scenario wouldn't play out.

I'll go with that. Some sort of device in the ball maybe.

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[rizzer69]

I think this technology is long overdue. The arguments against implementing it do not hold up. In fact, I think it could go even further than just the goal-line. Managers could be given 3 challenges (like in tennis) and replays could be consulted for any debatable on-field incident. This works well in other sports and would put an end to post match whinges and attacks on referees.

 

[justintime129]

I think this technology is long overdue. The arguments against implementing it do not hold up. In fact, I think it could go even further than just the goal-line. Managers could be given 3 challenges (like in tennis) and replays could be consulted for any debatable on-field incident. This works well in other sports and would put an end to post match whinges and attacks on referees.

More use should be made of the fourth official or some other person in contact with the ref to tell him of any off the ball incidents. I know in rugby league the video ref has passed on to the ref off the ball incidents.

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