The Queensland Roar coach was furious with Adelaide United’s winning goal at Suncorp last week and felt a glance at the camera would have seen the officials rule it out.

A former Suncorp favourite believes Farina has a point and says football has embraced technology in so many ways, so why not on the pitch as well?

He’s even prepared to accept it if it means it will be harder to claim the odd ‘dodgy’ goal which teams occasionally get away with.

Sydney FC striker Alex Brosque told au.fourfourtwo.com: “I think it’s fair enough to be honest. If you are looking at situations where something was inside or outside the box or whether the ball’s crossed the line I don’t think it’s going to slow the game up for too long.

“You look at all the ways technology has been introduced into football off the pitch and the ways to assist players in training and the like, why not on the field and then you can have a situation where a goal or a penalty decision is black and white.

“It’s not as if technology would be used to look at every single decision, just the ones where it can hurt you the most.”

The debate is set to rage for some time yet but au.fourfourtwo.com highlights a few examples from home and abroad where technology may have led to a rather different outcome:

WORLD CUP FINAL 1966 – England v West Germany. Sir Geoff Hurst’s goal off the underside of the bar has been debated, debated and debated again. To be honest though, even with today’s technology no-one seems 100 per cent certain whether the ball crossed the line. Thankfully for England fans, a Russian linesman had no doubt.

WORLD CUP 1986 – A certain Diego Maradona claimed a heavenly ‘assist’ as Argentina bundled out England in the quarter-finals.

MANCHESTER UNITED V SPURS JANUARY 2005 – Spurs were denied victory at Old Trafford when Pedro Mendes’ long range effort was spilled by keeper Roy Carroll. He scooped the ball back but only after it had crossed the line. The officials missed it and Spurs were robbed of three points.

EURO 96 – BULGARIA 1 ROMANIA 0 – The Romanians crashed out of the tournament as a result of this defeat. Gheorge Hagi teed up Dorinel Munteanu who thundered a 25 metre shot against the underside of the crossbar. The officials waved play on but television replays showed the ball had clearly crossed the line.

FA CUP SEMI-FINAL 1997 – CHESTERFIELD V MIDDLESBROUGH – Referee David Elleray failed to award minnows Chesterfield a goal that would surely have taken them to the FA Cup final. Jon Howard’s strike rattle back off the crossbar and over the line. Not so said the ref. The game ended in a draw and Middlesbrough triumphed in the replay.

2008 A-LEAGUE GRAND FINAL – The Mariners are trailing 1-0 with just seconds to go when,ooops a pretty clear handball and it must be a penalty. It wasn’t given, all hell then broke lose and Newcastle were left to celebrate.

PERTH GLORY 3 NEWCASTLE JETS 3 – Hardly a major world incident but it did spark the old ‘was it inside or outside the box’ debate when Joel Griffiths was sent tumbling at Members Equity Stadium.

So what are your thoughts on the technology debate? Are there any other games you can recall where technology would have changed the outcome? Let us know.