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I'm not particularly in favour of technology, although agree that goal line tech. seems like something we really should have. It's not as if it takes any real delay. If the ball crosses the line the ref knows and a goal is given, easy.
In terms of deciding offside and freekicks/penalties I'm not so sure. The problem being that until the ball has gone out of play, the ref can't stop things just in case it isn't offside or a foul, so we'll have situations where players will race on and score only to be given offside 30 seconds later. Unless it's definite, they'd have to always play on, just in case. Players wasting energy and 10 minutes of extra time at the end of each half. I've no interest in seeing this.
I'd much rather the refs just got back up to a half decent level of competance. Up until last season, despite not being fantastic by any means, refs seemed decent enough the majority of the time. Right now every other performance seems to be of a shockingly low level or is riddled with big decisions being made incorrectly. I feel like we've only had maybe 6, 7 or 8 acceptable referees this season, and have been left with a real sense of annoyance at the officials all too often, even when it hasn't adversely affected the outcome. When after a match is won all you can think about is the poor officiating, there's a real problem.
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