Webb has be struck off with immediate effect ,his bias towards Man Utd is unbelievable

22 players constantly trying to cheat you into decisions
2 managers on the touchline pressurizing the world, into you losing your job

Impossible, just impossible
Full sympathy for all referees these days

I think some of the refs are poor, but the FA/FIFA really need to update the way the game is officiated. It's time for video refs and an appeals system similar to Tennis/Cricket. Too many big calls get shown to be incorrect by a TV replay that takes 30secs-1min to view the incident from every angle, in slow motion.

Couple that with goal-line technology, and a proper panel (seperate from referees) that deals with retrospective punishment for cheats (divers and violent tackles etc.) and we'd go a long way to having the game officiated to a 21st century standard.

Perhaps Jason, but if a Video ref took a look at a challenge and couldn't make a definitive call on it, then he'd just have to give no foul and play on. Manager's might still cry, but they couldn't really argue if a call can't easily made via replay.

That's why I'd use an appeals ssytem. 2 appeals per side -- if you are correct in appealing, you retain the 2 appeals. If incorrect, you lose one.

Probably have to be coupled with some sort of 'incident timeframe' whereby an appeal could only be used within, say, 90 seconds of an incident occuring. So yesterday for example, Chelsea might have scored off that free-kick where Luiz took a dive. The goal goes in, Utd appeal -- if it doesn't, they might save the appeal for another time.

All penalties given would be automatically reviewed and not subject to the appeal system -- this is because there is always a delay between the penalty being given and the actual taking of the kick. during that time, the incident can be replayed again and again until a decision can be given (or not).

Appeals would come into play if a team thinks they should have had a penalty but did not get it -- and that's why the number of appeals would be limited. If there is no penalty, then the team loses one of their appeals, meaning that they would have to be selective in when to use them. Which would make the players involved more honest ie better not dive as I'll look a c**t on the replay and lose my team an appeal.

I'm sure much smarter people than me could work out a better system. Something has to change though. It's ridiculous not to at least use some technology.

If it's ambiguous after a plethora of replays, then it can't be judged a foul imo. The problem is that too many decisions that aren't clear cut are being given as stonewall. That's what the technology would solve, in my view.

We'll never get a perfect system of officiating, but we could get one that is much better.

Something like that, Mex.

Care would have to be taken not to disrupt the flow of the game too much, but I think something could be worked in because of the delays contentious decisions tend to cause; see how long it takes for a penalty to be taken from when the decision was given, or the hold-ups caused by players surrounding the ref etc.