Goalline Referees

Can someone tell me what the hell they do? They don't signal for corners or goal kicks. They don't signal for free kicks. They are too far away to see anything that happens outside the penatly box. Are they there just to see whether the ball has crossed the goal line or not (once every 1000 games)?

Sounds like a dream job to me. You stand there for 90 minutes doing nothing, and get loads of cash.

No, they are just there because Blatter had to think up a wizzard wheeze to avoid having to bring in technology

But they have sticks!!

Cutting edge technology..................

3million years ago

Boring fact but the ref who was doing the goaline refreeing for Schalkes last match in the Europa League , refereed my match the Sunday before it.

Do not knock the stick. Well actually that's about all you can do with it.

Agent Smith is advanced technology tho, FIFA are opposed to anything more advanced than a stick with a rag at the end

I hope no Chiteh fans read that after last night

And then they decided to go to just the stick.

the rags would have cost money that they need for the for support Blatter reward fund

I thought that was managing Chelsea? Or being Fernando Torres.

or George Osborne

I should mark you down for not continuing our multi thread discussion about sticks.

george Osborne count as a stick doesnt he?

Well he's an inanimate object so yes.

I figured they where there to give a different angle for penalty shouts, corners and whether the ball crosses the line or not. Which are some of the main things that make people angry or aggrieved when they dont receive the benefit of the doubt.

Dunno about sticks and rags though...

Yeah but the existing linesmen are often no help to the referee as it is, simply because they're almost scared to offer an opinion. Effectively the goal-line assistants aren't much different.

Technology is the answer, technology doesn't care how many decisions have been made in a match, any dodgy calls, or the crowd baying every touch - technology gives a correct, consistent direct answer. Unfortunately Ol Septic is scared of technology because it cannot be influenced.