Just a thought. In cricket you see on screen when the ball edges the bat. Is it possible to put something in the ball to detect the moment it is kicked. You would probably need something in the boot as well. As I'm writing this more problems come up. Let's go back to steel toe caps and laced up balls ( footballs). There was not as much controversy them days.Indeed when using 25 frames per second 2 players moving at a mere 3 metres per second in opposite directions results in a 6 metre differentiation per second or 24cm per frame, and they reckon they can without doubt call a decision to a cm is total on utter fabricated bollocks. Even if the defender is static its 12cm margin of error per frame, and 3 metres per second isn't even sprinting, that's doing 100m in 30= seconds, imagine sane for example running full tilt at 8+mps with a quick full back running forward to try to play offside at 7mps that iss 60cm differentiation per frame, but we still trust someone to draw a line and say definitively he was 3cms offside totally disregarding the margins of error the laws of physics have dictated since time began.
I have gone 100% full circle on VAR from total support of the concept to absolutely hating the way its been corrupted and fully expect it to be used purely as a tool to appease the broadcasters rather than fans or actually improve match integrity.
On the actual football side I gather must of the squad are young enough to still around in 2 years and if they improve ball retention and sir Phil teaches them how to defend properly
We don't know it was, and that's the point, its a single frame used, who picks that frame ?
With players moving quickly, often in opposite directions, the ball moving quickly, there is still scope for error, because the technology is not up to the job, we don't even know that the lines we see are in perspective.
Not a single USA player appealed, until after the goal was scored, well they would then wouldn't they ?
We've actually gone from encouraging goals (what wins in football) by giving strikers the benefit of the doubt on offside, to discouraging them, but disallowing marginal ones, just to pander to a technology that isn't yet good enough, and we're now saying his (her) big toe was offside, to me its ridiculous that football seems to want to prevent the whole reason we play it, goals.
It was on Sky Sports app. We had 74.8% pass completion USA had 68.2%Is there are site that has those numbers? (that's a genuine question by the way rather than an attempt to challenge you)
From the research I have seen, and some of my experiences coaching and playing whilst living here, I think it is only a matter of time before football overtakes baseball and/or hockey in popularity. Some of it is just demographics (barring any horrific actions taken by a Trump dictatorship, mind).
You've obviously never watched a group of Latino kids play. My daughter is 7 plays on a 9U travel football team and the latina girls shove, elbow and bulldoze if they can. My goodaye that's a Salvadoran immigrant tells me that's just how it is in Central and South American football.Never happen for two simple reasons - one, money & the other is that there simply isn't enough physical aggression in the sport. Yanks need their violence and the sport will never see wages that compare to that of NBA, NFL & MLB much less NHL
NBA and Baseball are less contact sports than "Soccer". I think they don't get behind sports they can't dominate personally.
Nah baseball is basically rounders ffs,agree with the American football .
Also don’t these all have championships that refer to world in the title yet it’s only teams in the USA that compete,says it all for me ..
I hear comparisons of Cricket to Baseball but all I would tell you is that there is a lot more physical contact in the game - I played throughout my adolescence into high school. Same for basketball, rules allow for contact but if you thought FIFA/UEFA officiating was poor, basketball officiating is not far off from WWF in terms of refereeing theatrics & agendas. NBA was my favorite pastime to watch prior to football but I couldn't stomach the officiating any longer - it's not a sport anymore, just a media event
It was on Sky Sports app. We had 74.8% pass completion USA had 68.2%