Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun May 06, 2012 10:34 am  

Come on the Toon. I'm hopeful they can pull something off but I think the City juggernaut is in full throttle at the minute, they have been galvanised by the player who will "never play for the club again" and look unbeatable at the moment.

As for the cup final, why aren't people talking about how the f**k Carol missed instead of whether the ball crossed the line. KKK should have started with Carol and the racist, she was very dangerous when she came on.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun May 06, 2012 10:53 am  

Fresh Prince of Chesh-air wrote:

How annoying were ITV over the Carroll header and Cech save? "This proves that we need technology", "The pictures prove inconclusive", "The Jose Mourinho comment regarding Luis Garcia but it doesn't work like that". (why say it then?!)..The linesman got it right so why does technology need to be brought into the equation?

Also asking Terry, Carroll and others "did it cross the line?". I'm pretty sure the 50 replays that the presenters have seen proves not only what happened but also gives them more of an incite as to what happened than the players.

Got to say at normal speed I thought it was in but full credit to the lino.

Would goal line technology have been conclusive?

The general assumption seems to be that technolgy must be right. But every cricket watcher knows that there's some doubt over the accuracy of "hotspot". Is goal line technology so good that it can make such a tight decision as yesterday's with 100% accuracy?

[John_D]

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun May 06, 2012 11:26 am  

Catalancs wrote:

Why were Liverpool fans booing during God Save The Queen?

Because it's a terrible song that glorifies the hideously outmoded concept of monarchy? Perhaps?

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun May 06, 2012 11:43 am  

Cibaman wrote:

Would goal line technology have been conclusive?

The general assumption seems to be that technolgy must be right. But every cricket watcher knows that there's some doubt over the accuracy of "hotspot". Is goal line technology so good that it can make such a tight decision as yesterday's with 100% accuracy?

I think you're wrong about the general assumption.

Technology isn't always right. But it helps to raise the accuracy significantly.

I don't think the lino was sure over the incident yesterday. I don't think anyone can be stood on the touchline with one view of it. I think he made an instant judgement that the ball didn't cross the line, stuck with it, then hoped to hell that he'd got it right. And those feelings would have only intensified when Suarez was stood in front of him berating him because he'd supposedly robbed them.

I'm not 100% sure that the ball didn't cross the line yesterday. From the angles shown I am about 75% sure, but the angles that I saw weren't good enough to say I'm absolutely certain.

With goal line technology there would surely be even better placed cameras to make sure that you could make it as absolutely certain as possible.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun May 06, 2012 11:53 am  

Mark wrote:

KKK should have started with Carol and the racist, she was very dangerous when she came on.

He was clearly an impact sub, but that doesn't mean he'd have been able to make the same impact if he was on for the full game. On the evidence of this season he certainly wouldn't have.

Has Downing got much credit for the block? I know some Chelsea fans blame Bosingwa for not knocking it out of the ground, but I thought it was good work from Bosingwa to win the race for the ball, but it was undone because Downing committed himself to the challenge and got a bit lucky that it fell straight to Carroll.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun May 06, 2012 12:06 pm  

John_D wrote:

Because it's a terrible song that glorifies the hideously outmoded concept of monarchy? Perhaps?

You think they were protesting about the concept of monarchy? Personally I don't sing or even stand for it, but I don't see the point of booing. There seem to be a range of reasons knocking about the internet and radio as to why they did it, but I've been unable to find a definitive one.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun May 06, 2012 12:33 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

I think you're wrong about the general assumption.

Technology isn't always right. But it helps to raise the accuracy significantly.

I don't think the lino was sure over the incident yesterday. I don't think anyone can be stood on the touchline with one view of it. I think he made an instant judgement that the ball didn't cross the line, stuck with it, then hoped to hell that he'd got it right. And those feelings would have only intensified when Suarez was stood in front of him berating him because he'd supposedly robbed them.

I'm not 100% sure that the ball didn't cross the line yesterday. From the angles shown I am about 75% sure, but the angles that I saw weren't good enough to say I'm absolutely certain.

With goal line technology there would surely be even better placed cameras to make sure that you could make it as absolutely certain as possible.

Yes, I really meant that if we'd had goal line technology yesterday I stll think people would be arguing about whether the technology had got the right decision.

And separately,I didnt realise it was possible to feel so ill before a match

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun May 06, 2012 12:42 pm  

Cibaman wrote:

And separately,I didn't realise it was possible to feel so ill before a match

???

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun May 06, 2012 12:57 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

I agree. Beckham, Suarez, Alonso etc are all truly brilliant, while Pele was just very good.

I was making reference to the goals not the players. Pele's effort didn't go in so it wasn't brilliant in the end was it.

[John_D]

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun May 06, 2012 3:06 pm  

Catalancs wrote:

You think they were protesting about the concept of monarchy?

No. But they should have done.