World cup referees

Iolo SG

What do u pple think of these world cup referees? i think they anyhow flash out the yellow cards on most occassion..dunno is it due to the pressure fifa gave to cramp down any fouls or to protect those so called star players..the worst referee i witness till now is the switzerland-france match..he booked the swiss player for not listening to him and kick the ball out when one of the france player is injured outside the pitch...

I personally thot this is ridiculous decision..how come a ref forced a player to be sportmanship? if the swiss doesnt kick the ball out for the inj for treatment..he will only be booed for unsporting likes..but to caution him? i was amazed!! Look, the player is already outside the pitch and he can receive the treatment from the medics, y the hell the opposition need to kick the ball out to stop play? he doesnt need to be stretched off or permission for the medics to enter the field so y the booking?

The Holland-Ivory Coast oso got similar situation where twice the player inj outside the field..but the ref din stop play..so y the double standard? Some of the red cards given were rather harsh..the red card on the ukraine player oso another incident..the ghanian player booked for kicking the penalty b4 the ref blow his whistle..seems like referees nowadays dun give warning..book whenever there is any physical contact or mischieve..is there a need? not only they slow the pace of the game..it affects the players too..in my opionon, all teams now played to the world cup standard in every match..but its the ref who are the let downs of this tournament..sad to see the standard of football rise only to give in to the sub standard of refereeing...

stellazio SG

fifa asked them to clamp down on fouls one la..to allow teams like brazil and argentina to show their stuff..reported before..

used SG

all tis is done for the good of football

The man who was death SG

the fans really cb also, the player already injured out of playing field, can received still wanna kpkb that the ball is not kicked out of play.

sand king SG

Originally posted by Iolo:
[b]What do u pple think of these world cup referees? i think they anyhow flash out the yellow cards on most occassion..
[b]

France Vs USA

Red Card for both sides.

Oh yeh i think the refs are buyas to the Iranians... foul them so many times on their latest match against i forgot what countary....

No one is perfect, not even the refs are. Just let them decide....

stellazio SG

and also because we are quite used to epl where more physical play is allowed ba.. Laughing

alwaysdisturbed SG

i find it a good thing. otherwise the players over react to certain decisions made by the ref. i think sometimes the players have to learn to respect the refs’ decisions…

LazerLordz SG

June 19, 2006
Rank Top Rated Referees Rating

1 Graham Poll 7.6
2 Shamsul Maidin 7.3
3 Mark Alexander Shield 7.1
4 Roberto Rosetti 7.0
5 Horacio Elizondo 6.7
6 Toru Kamikawa 6.7
7 Armando Archundia 6.6
8 Coffi Codjia 6.6
9 Luis Medina Cantalejo 6.6
10 Lubos Michel 6.5

coffeeortea SG

i think you would make a better referee than the referees that were chosen by the global football organizations, that make a living out of professional football and spent their lives around football. thank you, have a nice day

sand king SG

Lol now the refs are playing a seperate game haha

alwaysdisturbed SG

Laughing

monoslayer SG

i only noe robben's yellow card for diving was spot-on! yeah! down wif cheaters! Mad

LazerLordz SG

Well, Shamsul is still no.2 Laughing

sand king SG

he is the singaporean ref right?

JusStatic SG

That is to protect players who play beautiful football. Unless you like to watch only stamina, pace and physical style of play. Or you like to watch Robbie Savage style rather than a Ronaldinho style?

If yes, watch ruby. Neutral

dakkon_blackblade SG

Where do these rankings come from? By what criteria are they ranked?

LazerLordz SG

ESPN Soccernet.

Iolo SG

Originally posted by coffeeortea:

i think you would make a better referee than the referees that were chosen by the global football organizations, [b]that make a living out of professional football and spent their lives around football. thank you, have a nice day

ah..thats not true..they have full time jobs outside...btw..i think u need to read more b4 commenting..u think i thot who confirm?

Iolo SG

did i commented anything on style? hmm..anyway wat does watching a ruby has to do with world cup Question Laughing

JusStatic SG

Originally posted by Iolo:

did i commented anything on style? hmm..anyway wat does watching a [b]ruby has to do with world cup Question Laughing [/b]

You still dont get what I mean. Never mind then Neutral