The big talking point this week in The FIFA 10 Podcast was whether or not video technology has any place in football. This was in the wake of referee Rob Shoebridge failing to award Crystal Palace a goal in their game against Bristol City after an effort by Freddie Sears rebounded straight out of the goal.

Bristol City went on to win the game 1-0 after Nicky Maynard’s strike in the 90th minute and Palace manager Neil Warnock suggested that in future it would take nothing for the fourth official to refer to a video replay if the ref is in any doubt about whether or not the ball has actually crossed the line.

This is a view shared by the President of EA Sports, Peter Moore, who joined us on the podcast. He added that if other sports such as tennis and cricket can introduce it then why can’t football? My co-host, Romily Broad, also argued for its introduction stating that it wouldn’t hinder the fast pace of the game.

This left me feeling like something of a Luddite because I still believe that football doesn’t need it, even after the incident last weekend.

Football for me is all about the human factor and that’s why I don’t think that results should be decided by technology. Every weekend games are won through mistakes such as defensive errors, goal keeping calamities and loss of concentration. That’s not to say that sublime pieces of skill don’t contribute to winning matches but human fallibility also plays a large part, and the same applies to referees.

They contribute to the pure drama of the sport, which I believe video technology would remove. Refereeing has never been an exact science but it has always helped make football a sport that thrives on controversy, debate and opinion. Eradicate that with CCTV on the goal line and what on Earth would we talk about?

But what do you think? Leave your comments below.

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