Goal-Line Technology Moves A Step Closer

Can't wait for the first time the ball hits the back of the net but the system doesn't register the ball crossing the line.

Unless of course if their was an infringement that wasn't seen during the build up.

It has been pointed out before, that it was a separate issue that the technology is not designed for. But having this available in the game is common sense.

I think it's significant that the standard of refereeing was significantly better during this tournament than others, with Collina at the helm. However, his point that the Ukraine-England mystery goal was a one-off mistake, is not correct. How many times have decisions that should have been made by goalline refs not been given?

It has been pointed out before, that it was a separate issue that the technology is not designed for. But having this available in the game is common sense.

I think it's significant that the standard of refereeing was significantly better during this tournament than others, with Collina at the helm. However, his point that the Ukraine-England mystery goal was a one-off mistake, is not correct. How many times have decisions that should have been made by goalline refs not been given?

In the 19 games in the tournament, how many had need of this goal line technology?  How many would have benefitted from other things that, imo, are far more important.  Timekeeping taken out of the ref's hand, stricter punishment for diving, stricter attitude towards players claiming for everything, being allowed to contest yellow cards and not just red cards (would have helped Greece for starters).

1 in 19 games is high as well, you might see one or two a month in the Premier League at most.

I think Sepp Blatter's head should be the first football used to test if it works.

In the 19 games in the tournament, how many had need of this goal line technology?
1 in 19 games is high as well, you might see one or two a month in the Premier League at most.

That's one or two too many. It's coming in, because somewhere along the line, it's going to be decisive. All it takes is one second to get the right decision, rather than decades bemoaning the wrong one.

Kenny might be leading out our team next season if we had goalline technology when we should have had it months ago. As it wasn't given, the team lost extra time/penalties, the club lost prize money, and Kenny lost his job. From a Liverpool perspective, that's reason enough to have it, let alone everyone else.

That's one or two too many. It's coming in, because somewhere along the line, it's going to be decisive. All it takes is one second to get the right decision, rather than decades bemoaning the wrong one.

Kenny might be leading out our team next season if we had goalline technology when we should have had it months ago. As it wasn't given, the team lost extra time/penalties, the club lost prize money, and Kenny lost his job. From a Liverpool perspective, that's reason enough to have it, let alone everyone else.

And the only decision it would have made in the Euros would have been wrong though!

I love the mistakes in football, quite often they're the best part of the game, whether they're by players, managers or officials.

Mistakes are an intergral part of life and sport, I suppose this is just the ever progressing santisation of anything and everything.

We need to get back to playing to the whistle and accepting mistakes are part of the game as well as great discussion points.  If video tech had said Carroll's or even Garcia's goal hadn't gone in, you'd have people moaning the technology had failed. 

And the only decision it would have made in the Euros would have been wrong though!

We need to get back to playing to the whistle and accepting mistakes are part of the game as well as great discussion points.  If video tech had said Carroll's or even Garcia's goal hadn't gone in, you'd have people moaning the technology had failed.

In the only decision necessary in the Euros, it would have judged the ball had crossed the line. That's what it's designed to do.

If Carroll's goal stood, we could have verified it in seconds. Instead, we lost the final. Reducing the margin for error with this available, doesn't sanitise the sport, it's simply common sense.

And before Garcia's goal is brought up again, even without my LFC cap on, that was over the line imo.

In the only decision necessary in the Euros, it would have judged the ball had crossed the line. That's what it's designed to do.

And that decision would be the wrong one and we still have a debate.  Far more things need fixing before this minor problem in the game.  This is just the start of a slippery slope.   22 players, a ref and his assistants, that'll do me, mistakes and all, no need to chuck a computer in the mix.

And if they are insistent on it, then they need to sort out the other problems in the game, completely crackdown on diving, make yellow cards appealable and take timekeeping out of the refs hands to eliminate time-wasting.

I think Sepp Blatter's head should be the first football used to test if it works.

Don't forget Platini's head as well!

FIFA or Blatter to be precise has lost all credibility and maybe he will be agreeable to the much needed technology in order to hang on to his job - hopefully it's a case of too little too late.

Every one of the arseholes who were furiously turning clocks back now state they will welcome the technology with open arms and how it should have been introduced years ago, so predictable it's embarrassing.

And if they are insistent on it, then they need to sort out the other problems in the game, completely crackdown on diving, make yellow cards appealable and take timekeeping out of the refs hands to eliminate time-wasting.

They do crack down on diving. They do crack down on time-wasting. Most yellow cards are not appealable, if anything more cards should be shown in the game. Players get away with outrageous conning and cheating.

I would love to see keeping the ball in the corner near the end of games punished, as no attempt is being made by the attacking team to play the game. It is clearly time-wasting. More time added on at the end would see that tactic sorted out.

They do crack down on diving. They do crack down on time-wasting. Most yellow cards are not appealable, if anything more cards should be shown in the game. Players get away with outrageous conning and cheating.

I would love to see keeping the ball in the corner near the end of games punished, as no attempt is being made by the attacking team to play the game. It is clearly time-wasting. More time added on at the end would see that tactic sorted out.

When do they crackdown on diving?  Maybe for two weeks then it's all forgotten.  Should allow a ref to judge his own performance after a game, rescind or give cards for things he missed. I have no problems with more cards being shown either, I have no truck with commentators who say refs brandishing cards ruin the game, it's the players doing things that are bookable or they can get sent off for that ruined it.  I have no problem with the ball retention, in fact their is a law that deals with it that should be enforced and it should be enforced against defenders too, shielding the ball from an opposition player whilst making no attempt to play it is an indirect free kick.  But to stop time wasting, just take it out the refs hands, the whistle (or possibly a klaxon) goes when the ball has been in play for 45 minutes, no matter where it is on the pitch.  It'll mean Keepers can't drag it out, it'll mean players being subbed can walk as slow as they like etc.

Premier League to introduce goal-line technology next season

Goal-line technology will be introduced in the Premier League next season.

The technology was successfully trialled by Fifa at the 2012 Club World Cup and the Premier League says it is in advanced talks with two providers, Hawkeye and GoalRef.

"We're working on the basis of having goal-line technology in place for the start of the season," said Premier League spokesman Dan Johnson.

"All clubs will have to have the system, including those promoted."

Hawkeye and GoalRef were both used at last year's Club World Cup.

League chiefs say they will choose a system based on cost and how easy the system is to implement and use.

Johnson added that Premier League clubs would not be able to opt out of using goal-line technology but insisted the system would not be too expensive for the 20 teams.

Fifa has already said it plans to use the technology at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

A meeting of the International Football Association Board (IFAB), the game's law-making body, in Edinburgh on Saturday will be told the first use of the technology was a resounding success.

That report will be the final green light needed for the systems to be used in professional leagues.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21624953

The Premier League has voted to introduce goal-line technology from the 2013-2014 season, British based Hawk-Eye has been awarded the contract to provide the system.
Hawk-Eye uses seven cameras per goal to detect the ball and claims the system is ''millimetre accurate'' ensuring no broacast replays could disprove the decision.
The FA will install a system at Wembley Stadium in time for August's Community Shield.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22107409

So the gap between the Premier League and grassroots football grows even further!