The Random Musings

This is turning out to be a great prelim’ to the regular season, which starts on Sunday against Arsenal. Right now everything is looking good, there is a hope that without the distraction of the Champions League Liverpool can concentrate on the Premier League Title. Lets hope it lasts past Sunday’s game

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The highly probable, next manager for Liverpool FC, Roy Hodgson. I know nothing about him apart from the fact that he had a marvelous season with Fulham this year, leading them to the Europa Cup Final. He was also a leading candidate for the England job, if the Football Association decide to part ways with Fabio.

Here’s hoping it will be a good chapter in Liverpools history. Success for me would be measured by Liverpool’s quick return to the Champions League, or dare I mention it, a Premier League title!!!

FIFA to Consider Goal Line Tech, But Not Offsides

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has acknowledged that referee mistakes were made and that FIFA will “take on board again the discussion about technology.” But he’s not going far enough.

Like most American soccer fans, I’m not exactly passionate about the game. I really enjoy watching World Cup, even after the United States has been eliminated, but I haven’t seen an MLS game since the very first year when the Kansas City Wizards (never “The Wiz”) took the cup or whatever it is that one takes in America. Soccer is a great game to watch, but it’s hard to let myself become too enraptured by sport where a fear of improving the game is presented as a fear of technology.

Blatter is saying that goal-line technology may be considered for future World Cups and I suppose that’s a start. But miscalled goals aren’t the only issue that technology could fix. Cameras and increased communication between the officials could help fix offsides calls without disrupting the precious flow of the game.

Nobody’s saying FIFA needs tedious timeouts while refs hide under a blanket to watch an instant replay. But it’s the most popular sport in the world. Would it kill them to point a few more eyeballs on the field? Put a radio in the refs’ ears? It won’t ruin the spirit of the game—it’ll sanctify it.

Send an email to Joel Johnson, the author of this post, at joel@gizmodo.com.

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This would be a good approach in my humble opinion. Allow for the human error for offside calls and not introduce constant interruptions as you review each of the offside calls. Having the goal line technology will allow the restart for a goal to occur regardless of how quickly the decision comes down to the on-field official.