That was clearly a goal...
Tuesday 4th January 2005
I have been saying for years that when it's either a goal, an offside decision or a penalty decision we NEED to use technology in football.
Too many decisions are made from a dodgy angle by a referee who is under pressure by fans or fooled by football playing actors writhing in agony or falling to the floor (like a ton of bricks).
Last nights none goal in the Tottenham game was a travesty - a censor in the ball? a laser accross the goal mouth? a ref's assistant who is following the game with the benefit of replay and can intervene when necessary for those vital decisions? I don't think it would hold up the game. It's so frustrating when ref's make wrong decisions.
Ended up in a bizarre situation last night - there was such an awful programme on the television, I couldn't go near it to turn it off. The programme was a documentary which followed children in hospital and showed them having operations, injections, blood samples being taken - sometimes screaming with agony. WHO WATCHES THIS? HOW? WHY? I kept getting near the telly then running away. In the end I had to do what I do when the radio is on by accident on a saturday afternoon and i'm planning to watch 'Match of the day' so don't want to hear any of the footie results. I walked to the telly with my hands on my ears singing very loudly and with my eyes almost shut.
Have been eating so rich and too much food, drinking quite a lot. In the last few days I've been yearning for lentil and vegetable soup and fizzy water. The party's been lovely but my body's telling me it's time to detox for the New Year!
Tune of the day
Boogie Nights
by Heatwave***
