Source: Telegraph
Kevin Garside: poor decision by Fifa's Luddites to shun goal-line technology
It could regress further down the technology line and use jumpers for goalposts. At least then the football furniture would be in line with Fifa's Dark Age thinking, which is rooted in a period when the wheelbarrow was the height of innovation. [LNB]The Fifa dunderheads are labouring under the misunderstanding that the use of goal-line technology is in some way anti-human. Excuse me? Is a tumble dryer anti-human? A cooker? It is not the device that is important but the way it is used. This involves a decision. Only a human can make one of those fellas. [LNB]Without the use of technology in the form of a camera on the try line England would not have been awarded their score against Ireland nine days ago. [LNB]The referee could not determine with the naked eye whether the ball had been grounded. It had. The lens was unequivocal. [LNB]According to the arguments of the Welsh FA, who voted with Fifa against the introduction of technology, human error is a desirable and necessary part of the piece. [LNB]That Geoff Hurst's illegitimate World Cup goal of 1966 is still a talking point today is part of the beauty of the game, said Luddite Welsh FA chief executive Jonathan Ford. [LNB]Yes Jonathan, only because the linesman got it wrong. The game, not to mention Germany, would have been better served by the referee getting it right. [LNB]
