Well I totally agre with your view ManchesterBlue... Technology is inevitable in some areas of sport... football will be one of them.

The nature of those games means that you have to stop anyway. For example in Rugby it can quickly be seen if the ball was touched down while the two teams set up for either a drop out or the conversion. While in tennis, half the time cyclopse, or whatever name youd like to use, doesnt work and they have to turn it off. I myself have played in tournaments where that is used, its more trouble than its worth. I think in football the game would be slowed down too much, we all know there are going to be mistakes, and that is tough to take, but really id rather see the game as I know it, warts and all, then some stop-start computer run affair. Honestly, as far as mankind (women too!) has come, there are areas within football that can be enhanced to help officals in giving correct judgements without taking the pace out off the game. More and more as technology at home becomes greater through the Television and Sky, (as an example) the greater the outcry/controversy from those you view it as an injustice in sport. This leads to further "nit-picking" into the Refs Assoc. for better standards. Which we know all comes done to "human error". I'm sure there will be, in the future at some point a growing belief from refs that some form of "assistance" will be required for a more scuitinising public. Just as set out in the numerous examples given in previous posts, small areas of technology could be used in football, which IMO wouldn't interfere with "time" issues of the 45min halves. I mean how much time is lost in "faked" injuries. I mean taking the "Human Element" out of the game is not what I am saying, but there are instances in Football that can be improved by basic techological advances in the last 10-15 years

Rovers to sneak a win 2-1 Pedersen Ferguson C'MON ROVERS

Tris, Not having a go at your well thought-out arguement, but consider the advent of tecnology within the sphere of professional cricket. Vast amounts of technonlgy are at there disposal of umpires and the ICC and are used to enhnace the fairness in the game itself (at a state an international level), but this tecnology is not used at "grass roots" level, yet roughly 10 years on it has been praised by its succcess for the game. There also has been many good examples of tecnology in sport. (Rugby league) and I think Union has followed the example of league. Tennis has used back court line buzzers to determine faults on service serve's to helps umpires with the correct call for years now. I totally agree that human error is apart of the game, but as you said it "was a total farce"..

Great Result!! Thanks to all for the reports of the match.. C'mon Pompey!!

Where?!?

It has to be a win... it has to be, I keep saying to myself.. Haven't even predicted a gane for a while but here goes.. Rovers 2 - 1 Newc Emerton Kluivert Dickov C'MON ROVERS

Dissappointed we didn't get the three points , but we are out of the bottom three.. for the moment anyway..

just what i said... "dead man walking"

Or it could be the fact that there is too many Aussie's in the UK... Just maybe, last count I remeber is 300k+

Great to here, but was hoping for a sneaky win... Thats about 6-7 games (in. Intl's) Emertons formhas been improving on.. Roll on Citeh

Draw Chelsea 2 - 2 Blackburn Duff, Robben Stead, Emerton

Doesn't Rovers have a complete squad to choose from? Its quite been a while since Rovers have had all players available

it never stops... Better than Gillespie, I'll admit! Ripley for me. Look forward to some of the tributes. aye.. ripley for me as well (but, hey I'm biased by age and geography)

it never stops...

I can understand the Friedal hatrick, but you are well over the top with the penalties statement ... But having said that I think there will be a penalty this weekend... but not to us Boro 2 - 1 Rovers Viduka Pen 23' Emerton 16' Mendiata 57'

Well its more favourable than 10%

I predicted a loss against Pompey and we won, so the same logic will apply today.... Chartlon 2 - 1 Rovers (HOPE I AM WRONG! -> which is normally true when predicting)

It's definitely a very good move to agree a price. However, given he's from a not-particularly-wealthy club, and wasn't a first choice player there, I was surprised we agreed on £2m. I'm sure we could have got him for 500-750k less, which is a hefty amount when you're as short of transfer cash as Rovers. £2m may still turn out to be a bargain, but still not as good a bargain as we might have got. Actually I was thinking the same last night (sad i know!) ..£2 million?!? Hopefully that is the most that the club could sell at, rather than the actual price... besides.... Ghaddafi (sp?) doesn't need the money..

First predication aginst rovers in a while.... Rovers 0 - 2 Pompey *SIGH* (very disenchanted)

Your faith has made my decesion on doing the same at coral .. nice one

Does anyone know how long Gally and Thompson are out for? ... somewhere it was suggessted that he may be fit for this w/e and WHERE IS TODD?

Its good to see you are slowly warming to the idea of Hughes ... three days ago you couldn't fathom why people were sugggesting him

Do Keep up, posted yesterday..

I thought Phil Boersma was a rated as a good coach?!?