What's the point.....

of those totally useless and inept byline linesmen?

How many times over the years have we said this, yet they continue to baffle us by never getting anything so plainly obvious right.

The penalty they got was so much of a dive that Tom Daley's now put it into his next routine...yet the linesman never said anything.

The 2nd one they never got, was absolutely nailed on. Fernandihos tackle was utter madness, yet the linesman (who was literally 4ft away) never deemed it a foul. To rub salt into their player wounds, the referee booked their player for diving.

And last but not least, how the hell did he not give the "knee'd goal" from Demichellis?
The ball was a good yard over the line, yet despite watching it all the way, the linesman never said or gave anything.

That decision alone could have ended up costing City lost millions in revenue.

Surely the time has come for someone (if not everyone) to put forward their exclusion from next season....afterall, there really is no point in them being there whatsoever.

Spot on Den except I didn't think the second one ala Dino was a nailed on pen.  The guy threw himself after trailing his leg.  I mentioned in another post that Demi got our goal - kneed it well over the line - but fair play to Otamendi - he made sure.

Those fifth and sixth officials are UEFA's platitude to the growing mass of support for goal-line technology to be introduced to the game. They still clearly want to have some control over how games play out, I guess.

What happened to us last night, even though justice was served eventually, should at least be used to prove that their inclusion is bollocks.

The goal line judge can only officiate one decision that is the goal, which he got totally wrong. The penalty decisions are out of his jurisdiction that is down to the refs assistant running the line & the ref. That is why I have said all along what is the point of these extra officials?

The goal was what I meant, Oz. Although the ref did consult the baton waver for both penalty shouts of theirs, I noticed.

Does make you wonder why they're there, though. The guy had one job!

skyblueoz wrote:The penalty decisions are out of his jurisdiction that is down to the refs assistant running the line & the ref.

Well i never knew that.

Yet they are the ones who're gonna be closest to any tackles in the box....seems crazy to me .

The sooner they go with the watches that the referees wear in the PL the better, there'd have been no question over whether it went in or not then would there.

I remember when they 1st announced the new rule of an official behind the goal rather than goal line technology. The official excuse was that it had to be a system that could universally be used from grass roots up. The question I had with that logic was, when I played the game at local level we had enough trouble finding someone to run the line as it was without finding 2 extra for behind the goals.

That is when it was announced they had no influence on a refs decision or assistant refs they were there solely for goal line decisions only.

skyblueoz wrote:The question I had with that logic was, when I played the game at local level we had enough trouble finding someone to run the line as it was without finding 2 extra for behind the goals.

Sometimes, I had issues even getting a referee for matches, never mind people to work the lines. And how many times did you get a parent who spent his time chatting with his fellow dads, occasionally stopping to yell "Offside!" even though he was only doing ins and outs! Still, I guess that's the quality they were aiming for with the Harry Potter officials, none of them seem to be able to focus on the task in hand...

I can still smell it too..

Of course it is bullshit. Begs the question, what if Otamendi had blazed his shot wide?  goal kick???

skyblueoz wrote:Of course it is bullshit. Begs the question, what if Otamendi had blazed his shot wide?  goal kick???

Absolutely,there's no way they gave Demichellis the goal
Corrupt bastards the lot of them