DSPN Presents: Spanish Bastards vs The Glorious Dutch

[Fredfredly ⊂(◉‿◉)つ]

HAW HAW RED CARD

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I'm just happy that the French are out.

[Suu]

Fuck. Well, go Dutchspags.

[Thurnez Isa]

I know someone would put it up on youtube...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6jrOHRGuic

so Im assuming he was hit by a invisible North Korean missile... or a magical unicorn... or Roger's mind control rays

[Suu]

Is that the red card? INVISIBLE FLYING ELBOW.

[BADGE OF HONOR]

Now to wait for friday.  Grr.

[Suu]

I KNOW!

Two days off, and I get to sleep in on Thursday...whatever shall I do?!

[Cain]

That Portuguese red card was totally undeserved.  I think FIFA are going to be raked over the coals about the refereeing in this World Cup, because this is getting stupid.  Even Rugby uses technology to weed out cheats now.

[Iason Ouabache]

That Portuguese red card was totally undeserved.  I think FIFA are going to be raked over the coals about the refereeing in this World Cup, because this is getting stupid.  Even Rugby uses technology to weed out cheats now.

Hell, Major League Baseball, an organization that has elevated tradition to a religion, is starting to use instant replay on certain calls. FIFA really has no excuse left other than "we don't feel like it."

[LMNO]

I understand the biggest argument is that they don't want to stop the flow of the game.

I say, if it's a shot in the net, it gets a quick booth review to confirm.  Shouldn't take more than thirty seconds.  Same with red cards (yellow cards can be dealt with after the match).  There's so much grandstanding already that the spags on the pitch can go through their antics while the replay goes down.  It doesn't have to be as exact as US football, it can be a "reasonable doubt" thing. 

If this were done, the game wouldn't be stopped any longer than it already is through celebrations, arguments etc.  Also, the more egregious goals (US, England, Mexico, Ireland [in the qualifiers], Agentina, et al) would have been gotten right.

[MMIX]

Actually the biggest argument is that soccer should be subject to a unified set of controls which are the same for every match from the local Sunday League team to the World Cup Final. And the major proponent of this position is the man who has the biggest say in things is FIFA president Sepp Blatter. It does seem quite hopeful that he has actually apologised to the Mexican and English FA's over the obvious shortcomings of the current system. You really shouldn't have a situation where the biggest game in the world is decided through a bunch of authoritarian bungles. If the crowd can see that there has been a bad decision then something has to be done about it. Saying that it would slow play down is ridiculous when we all know that an officious ref can slow down play far more than an instant replay. I'd also extend it to sanctions on players who are demonstrated to have cheated even if you have to wait til after the event to review video evidence. I'm real old fashioned about not wanting to see cheats prosper - and unfortunately when you are a soccer fan you really can't avoid seeing people getting away with shit on camera that they are never held accountable for.

[LMNO]

Oh, I forgot one more fix that might help -- More officials on the field.  At least one more.

[Suu]

That Portuguese red card was totally undeserved.  I think FIFA are going to be raked over the coals about the refereeing in this World Cup, because this is getting stupid.  Even Rugby uses technology to weed out cheats now.

Yeah, he didn't even come NEAR the guy. I was fuming.

[LMNO]

In and among the weird porn and sickening accident photos, jj.am is posting some of the more egregious dives from the world cup... fun stuff.

[Triple Zero]

I understand the biggest argument is that they don't want to stop the flow of the game.

I say, if it's a shot in the net, it gets a quick booth review to confirm.  Shouldn't take more than thirty seconds.  Same with red cards (yellow cards can be dealt with after the match).  There's so much grandstanding already that the spags on the pitch can go through their antics while the replay goes down.  It doesn't have to be as exact as US football, it can be a "reasonable doubt" thing. 

Yes, but apparently if you hold that strictly to the rules, it's no longer a game

... or something. According to that German dude trying to explain why that one goal where the ball obviously bounced behind the line as seen on the goal-cam, the referee was totally in his right to invalidate it because in the heat of the game he really believed it was not a goal, and that's what matters.

because, apparently, referees are also playing a game ...