Source: Team_Talk
Mowbray unsure over extra officials
Celtic were drawn with Hamburg, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Rapid Vienna in the group stages of the competition after being dumped out of the Champions League play-offs with a 5-1 aggregate defeat by Arsenal.
If UEFA's radical changes in the way matches are officiated had been in place for Wednesday's second-leg tie at the Emirates, it may have prevented the dubious penalty awarded to Eduardo which effectively sealed Celtic's fate.
The Arsenal player has been charged by UEFA with "deceiving the referee" and could face a two-match ban.
Mowbray was reluctant to add to the controversy surrounding the incident but admitted he is unsure about the addition of even more officials.
"I don't know about five officials," Mowbray said. "Would it work? I don't know.
"I've got visions of some guy running behind the goal, deciding he is going to go behind the left post, then sprinting 15 yards because the ball gets switched to the right post.
"If an official had been five yards away (at the Emirates) and told the referee that there was no contact and there was no penalty, then great.
"But I think sometimes these things just create more situations, with more people having an opinion.
"I personally don't think there is much wrong with the game, and it has been going 140 years or whatever.
"I can't see any reason why you can't have goalline technology because if it is over the line then it is a goal, even if the referee misses it.
"But you get in to grey areas. You can't have five officials at Sunday League games, they can't get enough referees at the moment.
"But let's wait and see where it goes."
Celtic defender Daniel Fox claimed the Hoops could replicate the run to the 2003 UEFA Cup final this season in the Europa League, but Mowbray dampened down expectations.
He said: "When I said after the game against Arsenal that none of the teams in the Europa League would be as strong as them that was a fair comment.
"We go in to it hoping we can do well but we are very respectful of the teams that are in there.
"There are some really good European teams and the expectations of Roma and Villarreal will also be very high.
"They have Champions League pedigree in recent years.
"I also saw Hamburg do very well against Man City last season and they have some talented players.
"They are a big club with a lot of money spent on their footballers so it's a great challenge for us.
"We are looking to be competitive but I am not going to put an unnecessary burden on the players."
Fox congratulated UEFA for taking action against Eduardo and would welcome a ban for the Gunners player.
He said: "It shows that it doesn't matter who you play for and who you are, if you are going to bring the rules into disrepute you should be made an example of and fair play to UEFA for doing that.
"You can't do anything about the game but I think a ban to make an example of him would stop other players doing it.
"No-one likes to be done by cheating.
"If you ask any of the Arsenal players honestly, they will way it wasn't a penalty either.
"I don't think anybody in the ground thought it was a penalty.
"It didn't have any effect on the outcome on the game but it is frustrating because it is a tough place to go at any time."
