The Euro 2012 thread

[zuvuyeay]

SecondWar said:

zuvuyeay said:
so with goal line technology then they would have given the goal but not gone back 15 seconds to say it was offside,crazy,crazy authorities,you either have technology or you leave it to the refs and the human element,you cannot have a bit of both,just take your pick what would you rather have.

My reckoning is after goal-line techonolgy is introduced, incidents such as Ukraine's 'goal' will lead to similar calls for technology to be implemented for offsides, which would be fair considering such decisions are often as contentious as those on the goal line. If Hawk-eye gets the go-ahead from the IFAB, i feel they wouldn't have too much difficulty developing a similar mechanism to detect offsides. 

If they aren't going to for video replays (which, lets be honest, wouldn't disrupt the game anymore than when the players surround the referee to argue their case) these are two things that are needed to put a rest to such controversies.

thats right,once you have it for something it is crazy not to have it for everything else,for me off sides is the one thing you need it for because as far as i am concerned every close offside call is a guess,it is impossible for a human to look in two places at once,its alway a guess which is no way to umpire top level sport,could be a big change in football,its surprising in a way from the money men at the top becuase tv video will bring in more adverts which means revenue

when i think hard about it maybe we should just leave it to the human refs/linesman as it may keep football unique in a funny sort of way with the human element/luck to games and results