Is Football still in the Dinosaur Era?

 

This weekend was supposed to be a treat for Premier League lovers. Some of the best matches in the form of the Merseyside Derby and the clash of the Red Devils vs in-form Chelsea, and a treat for the Gunners as their club took on high-spending QPR.

With such matches in store, the fans are generally in for an amazing action-packed weekend.

But with action, comes reaction. And this weekend, reaction came in the form of huge controversies. The referee’s poor officiating continued, as this weekend, three of Barclays Premier League matches were controversially decided by poor refereeing decisions.

The match between Arsenal and QPR ended with the hosts snatching a 1-0 victory as Mikel Arteta scored the winning goal from an offside position which was failed to be spotted by the linesman. More controversy followed as the clashes on Super Sunday were decided by even more poor refreeing. The Merseyside derby ended 2-2. A neutral fan would be happy with the result. However an avid football lover like me, who watched the whole match with enthusiasm was disappointed with the final result as one of the Everton goals was scored by a throw-in which was wrongly awarded to Everton and as the Liverpool players were appealing against the decision.

Everton went on to score. The greater drama came in the final moments as Suarez smashed the ball into the Everton goal from a clearly onside position to ensure all three points for the Reds, but the linesman spotted this as an offside.

Strange, but true. The Reds were denied three deserved points.

The final boiling moment came when referee Mark Clattenburg made some horrifyingly wrong decisions in the clash between the giants of the Premier League.  The game was well contested and despite Manchester United taking the lead in the start of the match, a great comeback was in the making as Chelsea came back from 2-2 and were dominating position and looked likely to score again. However Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic was shown a red in what seemed to be the slightest of contact and after seeing various replays, one would say it was an excellent decision. However, the next two decisions taken by the referee would turn the game on its head.

Fernando Torres was sent off after recieving a second yellow, after replays showed Evans had made clear contact. And then came the rubbing of salt to their wounds. Javier Hernandez scored a goal from an offside position to make it 3-2 to the visitors and snatch victory for Manchester United at the Bridge for the first time in a decade.

This just goes on to show how there is a need for some serious advancement in technology so that the game can be benefited.

Goal-line Technology is the need of the day and hope the FA can take some serious interest into this matter and after the series of errors by the match officials. If nothing changes, deserved teams will continue to lose points due to errors by match officials, and the Barclays Premier League may slowly start to lose the tag of the Best League in the World.

What do you think about the use of Goal-line technology in football ? Feel free to comment.