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As the football world cup goes into it’s final weekend I have to confess that I don’t get it. I’ve tried to watch a whole game but I’d almost rather do a quarterly expense claim.
Why don’t they have a video referee? So much is at stake why should a snap decision be made by the referee. What does the match commissioner do if they can’t override a dodgy call? Everyone in the world knew 2 seconds after the aussie penalty decision that it was wrong. Adding a video referee would probably save the life of any of the whistle blowers that travel out of their own country.
And what is with penalty shoot outs? Why not some ‘one against one’ action so that there is some real skill involved.
Mustn’t criticise without a solution so here are some suggested improvements that could make for soccer.
- Make all the players run a half marathon first and then let them play a 20 minute game. That way we get straight to the action.
- Do away with goalies. Maybe make the net a bit smaller but that should see scorelines of 12-8. Much better.
- Make extra time sudden death and take a player off each minute.
- Put the referee on a Segway and attach a camera.
Sounds crazy? Look what they did with cricket.
Update: Cartoon on Saturday showed I was not alone …
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