Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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It's reassuring to see modern technology providing definitive confirmation, so many thanks to Twitter for showing that Richard Keys IS STILL a ****.
Just seen the shambles in the France Honduras match, shocking and amusing.
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To be absolute fair, he has a point, it is not FOOL proof, as it has still confused the fools. Pearce and Keys are still unable top understand what has happened.
Thank goodness for technology, as we can all clearly see the dangers of human error, even when sat there watching a tv screen.
It's probably a design fault in the system to show both shots, was it necessary to show the first one if the second showed a goal had been scored.
I believe the Hawkeye system only alerts the referee to a goal when one has been scored so it wouldn't have been activated by the shot against the post?
To be fair, crowds waiting for technology to reveal a try / wicket / touchdown etc have been around for years and yet I cannot remember one instance of TWO verdicts being given by the technology in a single review.
I think FIFA are the ones at fault here. Is there any need to give a verdict on the first point where the ball hits the post and rebounds to the goalkeeper? By definition, if the ball hits the post it can't therefore be completely over the line at the point of impact. There were a number of instances in previous matches in the tournament where the goalline technology confirmed the ball had crossed the line, as if bulging and billowing nets weren't concrete proof enough. I suppose we should have seen this coming.
In cricket two verdicts are often given in a review
Oh come on, at the end in cricket it always clearly says OUT or NOT OUT - the crowd have never been left in any doubt, unlike the France match.
Umpires decision can mean either result (ie, if the umpire originally said out then its out or if he said not out then the batsman survives) this is after a review where the replay shows that less than half the ball is making contact with an outside of an outer stump.