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From: TorontoFC on 10 Jul 2010 09:14
.... to rip them about the lack of a dedicated goal judge, lousy
offside calls and the idiocy of introducing to a World Cup a new ball
that has the aerodynamics of a paper airplane:

FIFA
Strasse 20
PO Box 8044
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND ...


Let's take back te game from this self-appointed, self-interested
mob.

From: lescor on 11 Jul 2010 05:41


"TorontoFC" <arthritic87(a)yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:f4389dd4-9f41-4981-a6e1-15adae41270e(a)t10g2000yqg.googlegroups.com...
> ... to rip them about the lack of a dedicated goal judge, lousy
> offside calls and the idiocy of introducing to a World Cup a new ball
> that has the aerodynamics of a paper airplane:
>
> FIFA
> Strasse 20
> PO Box 8044
> ZURICH, SWITZERLAND ...
>
>
> Let's take back te game from this self-appointed, self-interested
> mob.

Great sentiment but wooly ideas. The extra official ,who would cover
the line behind both goals, is more than a dedicated goal judge. He should
be involved in the whole match just as his partners are, particularly in
penalty kicks and keepers moving forward long before the ball is struck.
This is a rule which the majority of refs ignore, simply because they
prefer to, as it gives them an easier life. There are too many refs
ignoring
rules for this reason and imposing other rules which do not exist in the
book.

True, the ball was very poor, but on offsides, there is no case to put
forward. Linesmen will always get some wrong, just as they have for
decades. This WC was no worse than any other matches. We are
too sensitive over this part of the game which, in most cases, is about
a small legal technicality. The rule was never intended to decide on
the rights and wrongs of matters of inches or even a foot or so, but
it most often works OK in the area for which it was invented, which
was to prevent groups of forwards hanging around in the opponents
penalty area.

Defenders who like to use the rule as a defensive strategy, as most now
do, must face the fact that officials will sometimes get it wrong.
I have little sympathy for them most times. Maybe they should
concentrate on defending rather than relying on a legal technicality
in the hope that officials will spot it.

There is no way offside rulings can be improved with technical aids
without ruining the game.



LC










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