World Cup Refereeing - time for video ref ?

[PinkFloyd]

After watching many games during the cup so far, I think many of the referees have been extreemely poor, but the Portugal vs Netherlands game this evening was the final straw. So many decisions, many completely incoherant with other decisions. One example being Deco getting sent for picking up the ball waasting time, yet the Dutch player gets away freely with throwing him on the floor.....

Rugby has been using video ref for a while now and it has done well, how long is football going to continue in this state without going the same way?

 

[PinkFloyd]

In cases such as the headbutt tonight and the push off of the pitch, the referee should have got shouted at from the sideline and got told to do something...

my $0.02

 

[PinkFloyd]

Bring him back.

Thats one solution.

We need: "The Pierluigi Colina school of refereeing"
Can't remember anybody doing the typical falling over blade of grass and rolling along for a few minutes when he was ref.


It shouldn't be called into the game too often, it should be entirely up to the ref when it gets called, ie only when he is not sure. Players who run up to the ref shouting at him to watch it should be penalised.

A sensor in the ball should be introduced