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Originally posted by zoric Graham Poll is going to be the referee when Serbia plays against Poland in the beginning of their qualifying campaign. We've got the worst referee, now everyone can agree on that at least Ban his ass forever.

wonderful.

dont know if anyone said it yet but, any player caught diving should be banned from a major competition (you got caught diving in the world cup, youre banned from the eurocup or the next world cup).

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stop banning retired players

Coaches can smoke inside the stadium.

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Originally posted by malek usage of video to rule out diving and fake injuries. a judge watching tv monitors would tell by radio the ref on the field if the hit really happened or not.

This is necessary but at the same time, football is a game that involves continuous running and that is what makes the game so beautiful. With video replays arises the question of where to draw the line as to how much and for what cases should video be used so I dont see them implementing it in the near future.

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no more PKs in the final stages of the world cup, after the first 30 minutes of extra time, each time would remove one or two player. Both would play till a team scores... golden goal style, or if FIFA is too pussy, let the 15 mins period end before a winner is declared. The game would open up, there would be more space.

What is this the slave ages?

Have a heart man, these guys have been running around for 120 minutes and you expect them to run more and that to with less men which will require them to run even harder. You saw how many and how frequently players broke down with cramping during extra time.

PKs is a sad way to lose but there is no other and better way to replace them.

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A radical move would be to stop the time when there's a player changed or a player needing medical attention.

lol, stop americanising the game. A better idea would be to have a player who needs medical attention be made to stay of the field for 5-10 minutes. That will help curtail faking of injuries to a certain extent.

i'd rather see them avoid using instant replays as much as possible. We don't need refs looking at monitors NFL style...that will KILL the game. It certainly kills NFL football for many people, although there are stoppages all the time for various reasons.

Two refs = no. If you think the officiating is inconsistent now, two refs who call the game differently will only make it worse.

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There arent many rules that can be implemented to improve football without making it less "fluent". All these ideas of videocameras and extra refs will only remove the smooth continuity of the game which is what makes it so great. Besides, the refs calls and the controveries have always added some spice to the game making it interesting (although I have to admit it has fucked up some games as well).

One idea that I think they could use without ruining the flow of the sport is inserting a really small microchip inside the football that would tell if the ball crossed the goal line or not.