Yes they are. FIFA know this. They love that nothing gets the world talking like football

I think that's probably why any form of video technology has taken so long to come into football - yet has been part of both rugby codes, cricket, tennis or hockey for ages. Though in hockey, they STILL get it wrong: the recent Champions' Trophy was decided when the video ref unbelievably thought a penalty had been scored when it hadn't.

Posted By: thebigfeller on February 22nd 2015 at 17:30:29

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Referees. Useless. (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Feb 22, 17:25:11
- nobody on here can agree on the penalties (Other Football) - Charles21, Feb 22, 17:53:33
  - interpretation isn't Charles? exactly the same with some offside goals that sometimes are (Other Football) - lovely old job, Feb 22, 18:01:03
    - Yes. Interpretation is what allows refs to make so many apparent mistakes (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Feb 22, 18:03:32
- talking about it isn't the answer - technology is (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Feb 22, 17:29:09
  - The biggest reason I think we need technology is I think football is unrefereeable (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Feb 22, 17:34:21
    - personally I don't want football sanitised anymore than it is, If we do I might as well go (Other Football) - lovely old job, Feb 22, 17:41:40
      - vmt (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Feb 22, 17:58:20
- But surely the controversial decisions are a big part of making..... (Other Football) - usacanary, Feb 22, 17:28:35
  - cheap elite excuses (Other Football) - pants, Feb 22, 17:42:47
  - Yes they are. FIFA know this. They love that nothing gets the world talking like football (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Feb 22, 17:30:29
  - wrong decisions will always be discussed (Other Football) - SCC 28, Feb 22, 17:30:17
    - In football, wrong decisions will still happen with technology (Other Football) - Brandonio, Feb 22, 17:33:43
      - yeah wrong decisions will still happen (Other Football) - SCC 28, Feb 22, 17:37:45
        
        but a photo that I have seen shows contact, i think its one were Hooly bought the tackle (Other Football) - lovely old job, Feb 22, 17:43:01
        
        link? (Other Football) - SCC 28, Feb 22, 17:47:47
        
        Big grant holt tweeted it. (n/m) (Other Football) - lovely old job, Feb 22, 17:55:49
        
        --- (Other Football) - lovely old job, Feb 22, 17:55:11
        
        yeah that's same as the still from the tv camera i saw (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Feb 22, 17:59:05
        
        deeney has said wes admitted to diving however (Other Football) - SCC 28, Feb 22, 17:50:18
      - Yes. Can you remember Fernando Torres v Chile in 2010? A video of the incident went viral (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Feb 22, 17:35:54
        
        I think the NFL system works well but is obviously not 100% (Other Football) - usacanary, Feb 22, 17:43:47
        
        Note Cowboys-Lions and Packers-Cowboys in the playoffs. NFL still with whole array of (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Feb 22, 17:46:15
        
        nothing will be close to 100% except for goal line technology... (Other Football) - usacanary, Feb 22, 17:50:21
- I hate diving full stop, and will never cheer a city player diving (n/m) (Other Football) - earlydoors, Feb 22, 17:26:33
  - Apart from a certain Irishman yesterday ! (n/m) (Other Football) - CROYDONCANARY, Feb 22, 17:34:36
    - no, just hate to see it. I don't want to win by cheating. (n/m) (Other Football) - earlydoors, Feb 22, 17:35:47
  - The thoughts of the UEFA President on diving? "It's ok, because I did it too" (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Feb 22, 17:32:05
    - yes I would drop him, but then I can say that (n/m) (Other Football) - earlydoors, Feb 22, 17:33:29

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