More officials rather than technology. Can anyone explain this madness?

The World Cup had crappy referees because of them england was eliminated by germany the goal of lampard was in, mexico was eliminated by argentina, the first goal was offsides

while goal-line errors are infuriating and should be minimized or eliminated by using technology, mistakes are rare. The bigger problem is offside and penalty decision errors. These are very frequent, often wrong, and have a huge impact on games. While I’m all for using technology is any way if it minimizes errors, I don’t see a way to utilize technology for offside and penalty decision. The only way is to add more officials. I think assistant refs behind each goal is a step in the right direction but is insufficient.

please FIFA help us dis south africa world cup is not a competition to watch, d u watch
ENGLAND VS GERMANY.
dat lampard goal denied.
USA VS ALGERIA
dat altidore header.

More officials is just ridiculous!!! Someone should let FIFA know that Officials are HUMAN too, they make mistakes. If they do make mistakes, most of the time it just spoils the mood of the match. Also, after seeing the replays, the officials gets disappointed too. On top of that, they have to tolerate the disappointed fans, some times for a long time. It can also put an ugly stain on their career.

Also, the tv commentators and viewers gets to see the instant replays, why can’t the referee be informed of any wrong decision right away? If FIFA really wants to put more officials, why can’t they put an official to monitor instant replays for offsides,tackles, fouls, diving,faking injuries etc… and notify the referee for a correct call.
It is NOT hard at all!
Afterall, the referee can’t always get the perfect view of action.

FIFA can prevent all this by putting some technology up. Ice Hockey is a perfect example for officiating. They NEVER have any problems with officiating the game because of the technology. That is one of the major reasons why Ice Hockey is enjoyable to watch.

PLEASE FIFA help Soccer be truly a BEAUTIFUL game to watch.

I mean, if they’re gonna go and determine that Geoff Hurst’s “goal” wasn’t a goal after all, why don’t they do it with stuff happening in the now?

Yes, because there still would be the bad calls in the games between USA vs Slovenia (where’s the foul), USA vs. Algeria (Dempsey was ONSIDE), and Argentina vs. Mexico (Tevez was OFFSIDE). and those are just the icing on the cake. . . . .

Had Lampard’s shot gone in the ‘back of the net’ or missed, would this article still exist?

It’d be better if we had technology to erase human error from the beatiful game. as long as it’s not skynet class technology (if you know what I mean) then it should be used.

As a referee of youth and amateur games I agree with decision. In youth baseball they have the full crew of umpires. The 6 man referee crew will obviously not be used for anything below professional matches. In most youth competitions there is not a 4th official or is it even nessicary. With a six man crew Lampards goal would have counted because the extra person would have been located directly on the line. In watching some of the Europa league matches I felt the extra assistants made a difference (obviously they did not make a ton of calls but they were not always needed). This was the first time this system was used and it will take some time for the crew to get acquainted with the new approach. Removing these officials for youth games is not as drastic of a change as not having video technology. I do not speak for all referees or fifa these are just my opinions.

This is FIFA being a bunch of old fossils.

This is FIFA being a bunch of old fossils.

As a referee of youth and amateur games I agree with decision. In youth baseball they have the full crew of umpires. The 6 man referee crew will obviously not be used for anything below professional matches. In most youth competitions there is not a 4th official or is it even nessicary. With a six man crew Lampards goal would have counted because the extra person would have been located directly on the line. In watching some of the Europa league matches I felt the extra assistants made a difference (obviously they did not make a ton of calls but they were not always needed). This was the first time this system was used and it will take some time for the crew to get acquainted with the new approach. Removing these officials for youth games is not as drastic of a change as not having video technology. I do not speak for all referees or fifa these are just my opinions.

It’d be better if we had technology to erase human error from the beatiful game. as long as it’s not skynet class technology (if you know what I mean) then it should be used.

Had Lampard’s shot gone in the ‘back of the net’ or missed, would this article still exist?

Yes, because there still would be the bad calls in the games between USA vs Slovenia (where’s the foul), USA vs. Algeria (Dempsey was ONSIDE), and Argentina vs. Mexico (Tevez was OFFSIDE). and those are just the icing on the cake. . . . .

I mean, if they’re gonna go and determine that Geoff Hurst’s “goal” wasn’t a goal after all, why don’t they do it with stuff happening in the now?

More officials is just ridiculous!!! Someone should let FIFA know that Officials are HUMAN too, they make mistakes. If they do make mistakes, most of the time it just spoils the mood of the match. Also, after seeing the replays, the officials gets disappointed too. On top of that, they have to tolerate the disappointed fans, some times for a long time. It can also put an ugly stain on their career.

Also, the tv commentators and viewers gets to see the instant replays, why can’t the referee be informed of any wrong decision right away? If FIFA really wants to put more officials, why can’t they put an official to monitor instant replays for offsides,tackles, fouls, diving,faking injuries etc… and notify the referee for a correct call.
It is NOT hard at all!
Afterall, the referee can’t always get the perfect view of action.

FIFA can prevent all this by putting some technology up. Ice Hockey is a perfect example for officiating. They NEVER have any problems with officiating the game because of the technology. That is one of the major reasons why Ice Hockey is enjoyable to watch.

PLEASE FIFA help Soccer be truly a BEAUTIFUL game to watch.

please FIFA help us dis south africa world cup is not a competition to watch, d u watch
ENGLAND VS GERMANY.
dat lampard goal denied.
USA VS ALGERIA
dat altidore header.

while goal-line errors are infuriating and should be minimized or eliminated by using technology, mistakes are rare. The bigger problem is offside and penalty decision errors. These are very frequent, often wrong, and have a huge impact on games. While I’m all for using technology is any way if it minimizes errors, I don’t see a way to utilize technology for offside and penalty decision. The only way is to add more officials. I think assistant refs behind each goal is a step in the right direction but is insufficient.

The World Cup had crappy referees because of them england was eliminated by germany the goal of lampard was in, mexico was eliminated by argentina, the first goal was offsides