On reading the newspapers today it would seem that England's old friend Sepp is on the backfoot after the latest ref blunder against Ukraine mind you again the silence from Platini is not a surprise after all he is apparently the heir apparent to Blatter. He was the man who we know is dead against Goal Line Technology and introduced the idea of additional officals behind the goal.
Sepp Blatter has called for goal-line technology a "necessity " at long last but only after England benefitted from a blunder, the match officals have now been sent home although to be honest the ref in the England game was not at fault the person to blame it was the offical on the line.
There is a belief that since england were denied a goal in the last world cup that FIFA have busted a gut to get GLT in but that is not true .
Platini is due to be attendance when France play Spain in their Quarter Final I wonder what he would have to say if france are denied a goal if the same thing happens to them against Spain. Even Cricket legend Ian Botham joined in yesterday by saying "So Blatter says GLT is a necessity-would that be because England benefitted"
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In the England game the offside would have made the 'goal' decision irrelevant with England being awarded a free kick for the clearly missed offside.
For conversation sake you could add an 'offside line' at say the 30 yard mark, kinda line a blue line in hockey that way those lazy linesmen can just stand there and there would be no playing someone onside, if your infront of the line but behind the last defender it would be onside, not crazy about the idea but its an avenue.
Alternatively, go the NFL style and have a challenge, if you think you have been wronged by either the ball going over the line or the player was offside then use your challenge, very simple, officials go review the footage and its settled right then and there. Ofcourse they would have to be some kind of penalty against using it if you were wrong, that way teams wouldnt use it just to get a break, say your down to 10 men for 2 mins.
Have a panel of judges who give points for artistic impression, quality of tricks and flicks as well as kit design and crowd passion.
The solution is to approve a system then allow any affiliated club to use it. Leagues can decide whether they make it compulsary for all clubs or not so for instance- the Premiership may chose to do so, but League One may not. If a League One club wanted to unilateraly use the system they could.
Simples!
Here's a little suggestion for all of you who obsess about every decision being correct; why not just play computer football? You can completely eliminate the human element and enjoy the feast of fun as little pixelated men perfom miracles with their little pixelated balls. And the bit you'll love most of all is that because the referee is made by Intel or AMD or some other huge multinational, you can rest assured that there'll never be a wrong decision again.
He's 78 now, if he lives to be a centurion he could manage 10 terms, and maybe we'll get to see those matches split into quarters, women in shorter shorts, and racism solved with a hand shake.
The decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar was a "mistake", according to Fifa President Sepp Blatter.
He was asked in an interview with the Swiss television channel RTS if it was an error to choose the country because of its hot temperatures in the summer.
Mr Blatter replied: "Yes, of course.
"You know, everyone makes mistakes in life."
Temperatures in the Arab state can reach 50C.
Fifa shocked many when it awarded the tournament to Qatar following a vote in December 2010 in which it beat the likes of the US and South Korea.
Yes, but usually if the mistake involves hundreds of millions of pounds they tend to get fired.
I accidentally put milk in someones coffee the other day who takes it black. That's the kind of situation you can use the phrase "everybody makes mistakes", not the biggest sporting competition in the world...