how about some horrible referees in the world cup ?

[ShiftyPowers]

with officials, a similar principle has been applied ... exposing refs from various regions who have made it to the elite level will give officiating a chance to grow in those various areas too ...

I get that the similar principle has been applied, but it shouldn't be. The only time that anyone cares about the refs is when they royally **** up. If getting the best officials in the world means 90% are from Western Europe, so be it.

 

[Recrero152]

Isn't this World Cup starting to become one of the dirtiest considering cards? How many yellow/red cards were handed out at the dirtiest World Cup ever so far? If I remember it right, the dirtiest was Italy 90' or am I mixing it up with another?

 

[Recrero152]

Every team plays qualifiers to get there (well, except the host(s)), so there's no point to whine about not watching some nations. They missed the finals on their own.

Actully, teams can unfairly miss out on the chance to get to the World Cup due to poor refs. One good example, and a recent one, is the France - Republic of Ireland playoff and Henry's almighty hand. That bastard should've paid a huge fine and gotten banned from the World Cup.

 

[night]

Actully, teams can unfairly miss out on the chance to get to the World Cup due to poor refs. One good example, and a recent one, is the France - Republic of Ireland playoff and Henry's almighty hand. That bastard should've paid a huge fine and gotten banned from the World Cup.

Agreed. So what's FIFA's action instead? They select him (Martin Hansson) to referee the 2010 world cup.

 

[Recrero152]

Agreed. So what's FIFA's action instead? They select him (Martin Hansson) to referee the 2010 world cup.

EXCATLY! Thank goodness however that he hasn't become the main referee in any game so far. I hope it stays that way.

 

[regularcat]

you guys maybe be right.

what i said might not have been nice, but i just cant seem to understand the hatred
towards the united states.

the people of the usa are not the government, which also mean we may not necessarily
agree w/ what the government does.

so why take it out on the people, respect for my nation should be given, what i had said previously was truth that some dont want to understand.

even though it was quoted as being disrespectful, its real.

it would be like me saying germans are trash because of hitler & the 3rd riech, something almost 100 years ago.

& i respect germans, even though i never agreed w/ hitler's point of view.

dont take what i say personally, as if its meant to be taken in a foul manner.

im just looking for an answer as to why america & americans are so highly disrespected by countries all around the world.

so sorry for any hurt feelings as that wasnt the point of my post.

 

[Ubik Valis]

im just looking for an answer as to why america & americans are so highly disrespected by countries all around the world.

That can be easily answered: your foreign policy.

 

[night]

This guy should come out of retirement and show today's sh*tty refs how it's done:

 

[Recrero152]

Sounds like Blatter is opening up discussions yet again for the possibility of technology brought into the game to help the referees. I'd personally want referees at the penalty box, it'd be much more easier and quicker than goal cameras.

 

[smf_fede]

Nah, refferees always can make mistakes, or worst, bad calls on favour of big teams.

I think that will be better that each team can call a review of a play on each period, i mean, goals and penalties, so referees can overrun plays or get burned under his own decissions.

 

[1966+2006]

Villa's goal offside?

 

[night]

It's really disgusting how FIFA is trying to rewrite history by writing the following match reports for the England-Germany and Argentina-Mexico matches on their website:

Impressive Germany power past England
...
Meetings between these two sides often provide talking points and this one's came 60 seconds later when Lampard's shot from the edge of the box struck the underside of the crossbar and bounced down, with the referee ruling the ball had not crossed the goalline.
...

That's it? "The referee ruling the ball had not crossed the goalline"?

Tevez shines as Argentina oust Mexico
...
Tevez might have thought his chance had gone when Perez raced out to block bravely at his feet, but Messi was quick-witted enough to return the ball towards goal, where the Manchester City striker was waiting to head home. Breaking the deadlock enabled Argentina to take a firm grip on proceedings, and within seven minutes that hold was strengthened as Mexico reached for the self-destruct button.
...

Not even a mention of the most obvious offside decision not noticed by the officials..

 

[ShearerM4]

Apparently Lampard's shot isn't even in the official video highlight reel on the FIFA site either

 

[MaestroZidane]

Argentina, Germany, Spain... good thing Brazil can get it done on their own...

 

[Krypton X]

Italian referee Roberto Rosetti who failed to disallow Carlos Tévez offside goal against Mexico, as well as the Uruguayan Jorge Larrionda who allowed play to carry on After Frank Lampard put the ball over the line in England's match with Germany have been sent home.

Also Koman Coulibaly from Mali, the man who disallowed a legitimate US goal against Slovenia and Frenchman Stephane Lannoy who gave Brazilian Kaká a second yellow card in the Ivory Coast match have been told to pack their bags and get the #@%!$ outta here.

I would've forced each of those refs to take a mandatory 10-day vacation in the country they screwed over.

 

[Coruja]

Villa's goal offside?

Yes, according to a newspaper it was 22 cm offside :sKIp_E:

 

[night]

Yes, according to a newspaper it was 22 cm offside :sKIp_E:

That's really close and I bet it's more of a 50/50 from a linesman's point of view. I'm more concerned with the incredibly obvious decisions that have gone wrong..

 

[1966+2006]

Wasn't really a bad decision either. I mean I needed about 5-6 replays to see it.

 

[newbie original]

I would've forced each of those refs to take a mandatory 10-day vacation in the country they screwed over.

England were not screwed on Lampard's goal. The linesman had to be in line with the last player to determine if he was offside or not. He was in line and the result is that he couldn't monitor the goal line.

FIFA's decision to reject goal-line technology is what cost Lampard that goal.

 

[Mandieta6]

I think Rosetti is a good ref in general. Don't think he's to blame for the Tevez goal, either.