Arsenal Board/World Cup Video Nasties

Thank you Vic! My guess is the American connection! AST has written notes with their quizing of the pair, Gazidis (American C.V.) and Fox. With Gazadis, the written up notes again seemed to lack any real depth for a 10% shareholding. For example, Arsenal Football Club Plc is one of the “indirectly held” companies. For a shareholder this is important, BUT all you fans out there can ignore TCGA 1992, as it is none of your business.
A fourth official is employed, why can he not use a laptop (military quality) for immediate playback of the game in question, with advice by radio to the referee or one of the linesmen?

Apart from the inherent injustice to teams in FIFA’s stance on technology is the injustice done to referees.

No one is more frustrated at this farce than the referees themselves, a lot of people don’t understand this. The people who want goalline technology and some kind of video replay adopted the MOST are the referees. Roberto Rosetti is a very good referee but he took a hit for FIFA yesterday. He knew the call was wrong but he had to follow the rules so he couldn’t do the right thing and make the right call.

Arsene Wenger (who’s demanded that technology be adopted for years) was at the Ireland-France playoff. He was doing commentary for France TV. He had a close up view of the game. He said that he watched as the referee realized that something was wrong after Gallas’ goal was given, that he hadn’t seen what Henry had done but from everyone’s reaction he realized there was something wrong, that the goal should not have been allowed. Wenger said you could see the referee struggling, needing help, wanting to do the right thing, but not being able to according to the rules. So the ref had to bear the burden of that. Wenger said the referees need help and that technology can help them. That FIFA puts on the officials an unfair burden.

These referees get villified in the press and by fans because FIFA refuses to give the tools to the officials to do their job better.

There seems to be a Balotelli rumour has resurfaced, via an Arsenal blog (?), to the Italian Press and then to a Russian blog.
The Russian blog has the clincher. Balotelli waving a pistol in a city public centre, police called and the player arrested on Sunday. With Arsene having to dispose of previous recidivists, the bookies must think Arsene needs another “head case”.

Just a small point on video replays, Lampard’s shot hit the crossbar, bounced down over the line, bounced up hit the crossbar, the keeper caught the ball and played it down field and the game continued. At which point should the game have been stopped so that we could all watch the the replay?

when we all turn off the sets cause FIFA f up the game then they will change. until that time they count their money and think nothing of the viewers.

did anyone notice neither the game nor the second half starting until a geeza in a suit standing at the halfway line dropped his hand and told the referee he could blow his whistle and begin the halves? Technology and television controlled the actual start of the game. that is completely not in compliance with the rules of football which state the referee is the sole arbiter of when the game begins. do not begin to tell me technology cannot be used. the question really is where’s the money? and since they can’t make anything out of it they don’t care about it.

Personally I hate international football. I hate it cause FIFA runs it. they are idiots. I hate it cause it is based upon whim and luck. you want to tell me the second half would not have been played differently if the score was tied 2-2 at the beginning of the second half?

It might be the best situation that England not win their bid for the world cup in 2018. Can England withstand FIFA idiots running the footballing country for the 4 years leading up to the world cup?

would someone please drop a house on blatter?

Whats done is done. What about having a post solely about Arsenal transfers, and solely for us fans, who we would like to see (realistically) come to the club, in what position and why, i think it would be intersting to hear what you all think it is we need to go that bit further.

You stop the game straight away. The officials were ‘unsure’ if it crossed the line. Therefore, they should stop the game, then check it out. If it was not over the line, then carry on and the game continues from the keeper. May cause issues initially, but it surely is better to get the decision right.

not changed my mind as such, but the point remains he WONT be at arsenal, so if not i couldnt give a toss where he goes. If ya want to look back over the years iv not been wrong about a lot of things, for all you know i cud work at the club in some manner, maybe i have a couple of my own sources. Maybe i just know what i see.