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Could a linesman see he's 1mm offside no, so it shouldn't be overturned.

 

But the law means these decisions have to be right. There's no grey area. When you're checking every goal, it shouldn't make a difference if it's 1mm like Son, or half a metre like Ayoze. It's the law that has to change.

 

If those ridiculous lines that they draw on had been the other way round, nobody would have said "Those lines are in the wrong place!" - it's completely arbitrary. It looks like me having a go with MS Paint, "yeah that looks about right, whatever"

 

Might as well rule out goal line technology too then? If it’s 1mm touching the line should we just give it even if the images say no goal?

 

The goal line tech is orders of magnitude more accurate. It only has two things to worry about - the ball and the line, and one of those is a fixed point. Really easy for a few cameras to follow and get right with a high degree of accuracy and no human needed to make the decision.

 

Even for a simple offside decision, you've got to worry about the passer's foot, the ball, the defender's knee, the defender's shoulder, the speed the defender is moving, the attacker's foot, etc etc etc. For an offside decision in a crowded penalty area, you've got potentially many dozens of moving parts. Then a human decides when to freeze frame, then a human draws lines on it.

 

You're comparing apples and oranges. One is objectively accurate, the other is not.

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