Have they ever thought of having more referees.?
350878
yes they have but blatter has ben againist
1110806
YEs yes yes they should i am a big baseball fan and there are so many close calls that i think should be reviewed, an umpire can not see everything at one especially with more than one base runner on at a time. I think a coach should be able to challenge a call just like in football.
1092005
the game today was kinda wack with the ref stuff. but i think that if they could sub out refs, that would undermine the ref's authority. also, another problem would come in about who has the right and descretion of removing a ref...and therefore would it be right to remove that person making the decision and so on. \n\nthe ref from today's game though probably wont be making another appearance in these games. this guy was actually suspended 5 years ago for bad calls.
1186474
Too many fouls spoils the game not to mention the effectivness of the referee. I think it has been proven too many times that when a game is stopped constantly for fouls that the referee begins to lose control of the game. That kind of frustration is neither wanted or needed on the field of battle. \n\nIt doesn't matter whose fault it is. Player or ref. What matters is how the sports governing body determines how they want the game to be played. Tight or loose. I think this years World Cup is being played way to tight and the number of yellows and reds is maring the game and making it rather boring. \n\nI would not be surprised that at some point in this tournament a major altercation, and an international incident,  breaks out as a result of the tightness of the referring.
1030536
i am worried about the referees more than the players
1110082
No, I think the refereeing in the past has been bad. The players have been allowed to run wild for so long. Finally, some boundries are being set and the players are walking right over those boundries. There are consequences for such actions.\n\nIt is the PLAYER'S job to learn what will and won't be allowed, and the way these players are so slow to learn, I wonder how many brain cells they have.\n\n95% of the calls and 99% of the cards I have seen can be backed up by the Laws of the Game.
1028305
Have faith in your teams ability to overcome all odds Francis. Great things have happened for less favoured sides as we have witnessed. This WC is not as clear cut as many predicted prior to it commencing. Referee's have ruined many a good game and influenced results with the handing out of yellow and red cards like confetti at a wedding. However with the spotlight shining brightly on the performances of officials, let us all hope that FIFA have had the ethics to impart the importance of good honest refereeing on their officials so that the WC is remembered for the performance of the teams rather than the lack of by those officiating.
545662
Well first of all how likely is this? I mean ok it COULD happen but really how likely is it. I'm sure they have rules in place but I would guess proably by something like goals. I don't think they would start a new round robin for just those 3 teams.
1099382
It may simply be luck of the draw.  There are no American referees either, but there are Russian refs, Mexican refs, some refs from Uruguay, etc.  Not all of the refs are European, so it's merely a "luck" thing.
924361
Agrees totally with you\n\nDiving and cheating is ruining the game to such an extent that Ref's actually miss real incidents.\n\nI thought players could be booked for diving. You can be booked for dissent and saying something rude. If refs were refs  things would be better and as for no tackling from behind what a joke. I expect footballers to come out with powder puffs and lipstick next
1127798
in some countries they are ,but in others they have to take a  second job,fifa in order to be democratic select the candidates from all the federations they have around the world ,the fifa take in consideration a referee ranking they have, and to be selected ,you have to be a fifa referee,that is a selected group ,who have the experience,the knowledge,finally they take a cooper test to see if they fit physically for the wc games.\nbut after all they are humans a basic condition to make mistakes
1180881
hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa\nBad ref. I thought the FIFA referee is better\nOr may be he must sit down under pressure and he can't remember how many yelow card did he give Simunic.\nAnd one more : YELOW but not YELOV
1130823
It is my understanding that the refs are under pressure by FIFA to call the matches more strictly.  However,  I think they've gone a little too far this year!  \n\nIt is evident to me that many bookings (yellow and red cards) have been given out of fear of losing control of the games.  To my mind, any referee who fears losing control of a match shouldn't be out there in the first place.  \n\nThe practice has always been to call the players involved in a foul together and warn them verbally before issuing any cards.  Sometimes the official may call the team captains together and talk to them.  Either way, you don't come right out of the gates flashing yellow cards at the first players to commit a foul.  \n\nYou are right in saying the refs have been bad.  This is not average at all.  I'm disappointed to see so many games limited to 11 vs. 10, 10 vs. 10 or even 9 vs. 9 (Holland-Portugal), just because a referee fears losing control of the match.  \n\nI think we've probably seen yet another World Cup record set in the number of yellow and red cards given.  Personally, it's not the kind of record I want to see broken ever again!  Ironically the very control the referees have tried to affect through all the bookings has backfired on them!\n\nAnyway, that's my two cents.
1164360
I agree that more than one person should decide on the more controversial things but I think that to have 'lasers and more ' is a bit too, cameras yes. For example, some of the Korea vs European sides caused a lot of controversy over some dodgy offsides, not to mention that infamous 'Maradona hand-ball goal'  incident, all could be and have been clarified by the camera. However, soccer is a traditional sport and the humaness of the referee adds to the excitement. Sure, that recent game, I forget which, in which 7 or so yellow cards were handed out and not a single red card, even for the most abtruse tackles was rediculous but I would blame the standard of the referee rather than anything else. Many other referees could have done a better job, it all comes down to experiance. Do you really want a world where everything is controlled by computers and the slightest blow in the fuse could cancel a game? Also, it would completely destroy the chances of some of the poorer, but none the less deserving countries the chances of hosting the cup, restricting it only to places like USA, where the soccer isn't so good, or European countries, who have already hosted numerous times, etc. \n  Also, there are checks and balances, where we do have flag-men, who aide the ref. in his or her decisions, and there is a compensation system, where when Rivaldo got another player 'sent off' by simulation, he got a hefty fine when he was found out.\n\nAll in all, I would just employ the cameras a bit more, the rest I would leave the same.
1163688
I think so. Even apart from that clown Poll, all the refereeing has been nervous and pedantic.\n\nGames have not been allowed to flow and silly tackles have been penalised by cards whilst attempted murder has been let go.\n\nHaving said that, what kind of saddo grows up wanting to be a referee?
1124327
Three might be better!!! (lol!)\nOne should be on the field and he should consult another refs who should have a tv screen [just like third umpire in cricket] and tell certain decisions [like fouls n freekicks]
1117707
I think referees have to be blamed and this is unavoidable in FIFA's perspective. Every 4 years we see an horror gallery, capital mistakes. Why is this unavoidable?\nPlease take a look to FIFA world ranking tables. Can you really think Usa is far better than Argentina, England, France, Portugal, Sweden, Germany, and so on?\nAnd had Iranian Confederation (place 23) a single chance to make his way to win the cup? But this is FIFA perspective: to give - every 4 years - a chance to ALL confederation to be part of this great show, to struggle for a glory day, to play an unforgottable match, a real must-win match, not a test or friendly game, against world superstar as Brazil. Today Ghana has its chance. Nothing is written yet: their percentile is low, but a must-win match could deserve a trick. \nThose are the rules in FIFA show. It will never be the really-best-in-the-world teams cup, but the everyone-in-the-world is partecipating to the show.\nAnd we LOVE this show, and every 4 years we all are stucked at our seats in front of TV to struggle, suffer, enjoy, cry, shout for our team. \nQuite obvious, referee selection follow the same rules. So there are refs from all over the world, some quite good, other untrained to assist world scale must-win matches. All of them got their chances. Trouble is, a team is searching glory, a ref often find only blame. Because they're untrained, because different confederations use not the same perspective to claim a foul.\nWorst, FIFA need to push new heroes and fear injuries to stars as Ronaldinho, Beckam and so on. So they declare at every start of the tournament: 'risky fouls aren't tolerated. It will raining red cards' and so on. So unfitted refs, changing rules, different confederations, make refs as the worst part in the FIFA show. And this is unavoidable. \nSliding tackles are part of the game. You can't cancel them.\nRisky fouls are part of the game. You can react with red cards. But every match has a different ref and different claims, THIS is the matter. And it's part of the show.