Viewing Thread:
"That Tottenham "goal" thingy"

For those of us without Prem plus, how bad an error was it from the linesman?

Jeff Stelling and co. said that it is the biggest clanger (by a referee) all season.

Kawada wrote:
> Eli Manning could have probably made a right decision there
> also............hmm maybe not :-D

Hold up he may not be having the best time in the NFL but i'm sure he can look up to his bro and get tips off him :P

Eli Manning could have probably made a right decision there also............hmm maybe not :-D

Pfft, still should have been blatantly obvious that it was a goal. It was closer to the net than the goal-line.

Even Paul Robinson would have known that a goal should have been given there... probably. :-D

i agree, there was no way the ref could have sprinted that far, that fast, the linesman however, was offside watching instead of ball watching

AfroJoe wrote:
> Video technology really isn't required for a decision like that.
> That's just sheer stupidity and blindness on behalf of the referee
> and linesman rather than an occurance which needs a video review to
> justify a decision.

The ref was in the other half of the pitch wasn't he? (was concentrating on where the linesman was to worry about him) All the blame should be on the linesman

like cricket, althouhgh the 3rd umpire decisions are moments of pure anxiousness. like also in rugger

Video technology really isn't required for a decision like that. That's just sheer stupidity and blindness on behalf of the referee and linesman rather than an occurance which needs a video review to justify a decision.

Why not just introduce linesmen who have eyes rather than a video evidence system? A system which will slow down football and turn it into a start-stop sport like rugby, cricket, American football, or whatever.

The decision last night was disgraceful, but it's not influenced me at all for video reviewing to be introduced into matches. They can introduce it after the game if they wish, but there would be absolutely no point in that at all, as if any decisions were changed as a result, fans of the team who the argument went against would go crazy. And rightfully so, as say play was stopped and reviewed, and Man United went a goal down last night - there would have been plenty of arguments from Man United supporters that the team would have taken the last few minutes of the game to work even harder to try and secure a point. And that's just one example of instances in which video reviewing during matches would suck.

Man United are lucky bandits, and Spurs deserved the win last night. But in no way has this instance made me change my opinion on the introduction of video reviewing. I don't want my favourite sport slowed right down just because a couple of match officials can't do their job properly.

so carroll can fly?

nice to see our licence fee pounds being spent on cutting edge technology

Join the campaign to improve technology in football!

We deserve better BBC animations than this!

[URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/photo_galleries/4148639.stm[/URL]