You say this: "No, you do not, because England scored a perfectly valid goal. Under the correct manner of things, play would have started back in the centre circle."
This would NOT happen.
If they were to use tech after the ref made the bad call, one of two things would happen:
(1) the coach immediately calling the play and effectively stopping the game for what could or couldn't be a legal goal (at this point it is still left to determine);
(2) the coach would call the play, and it would be investigated the next time the game stops. Incidentally, that's when Germany also scores. Since the game was not stopped, both goals are legal and may the clusterfuck begin.
This is what is the correct set of events, England scored a valid goal, it means the Germans would be unable to score that goal because they could not attack from that position because England scored a PERFECTLY LEGAL GOAL and would start the attack from the centre circle.
And how long does it take for the ref to see an offside or a correct goal, about one second, if a commentator watching the game can call an incorrect decision at the precise moment that decision is given, why can the ref not have a fourth assistent who can confirm to him he has given the right decision watching replays of the game. Think about that. We do not need a minute to see if a correct decision is right, just a few seconds.
And why should the coach be allowed to call play? If the refs assistent says what he believes, tough for the manager and the team, no team should be allowed to in the end influence the ref. At the end of the day, it should always be left to the refs discretion. Not the manager.
It will either break the game or cause even more confusion. Not the right way to go.
And the current method is any better... How? The current method causes people to feel great injustice, attack refs, abuse them, it is not good, it's awful. You say it will break the game, don't be insane, you don't have any foundations to stand on considering every major sport HAS video replays and every sport still plays fine.
I'm all for chips in the balls or whatever. I'm totally against stopping the game to look at tv screens, and anyone who loves football and thinks about it for a sec will as well.
You are assuming we have to do it like cricket, we do not. You have another assistent or two just watching video replays. That takes a matter of seconds.
Are you claiming that Wenger and Ferguson, two of the most successful managers of the English game, are either incorrect about their consistent assertation about goal line technology or do not love the sport. More or less every coach and player wants the technology and a large amount of fans of clubs do too.
You think about that for a second.
