Graham poll eats children

Graham Poll had a shocker in his reffing of the Croatia v Australia game. Giving a player a yellow card three times is clearly not going to be a referees finest hour, regardless of the fact that it happened at the world cup. It’s a problem for him and has ended his world cup and maybe his career. But the most annoying thing is not that he made the mistake, but that the mistake has allowed all these “bring in video replays” clowns to get back into the papers calling for football to be more like American Kickball with stoppages every two minutes.

What is football if it doesn't include the arguments and debates about refs, the frustrations at being on the receiving end of a dodgy decision and the gleeful joy of benefitting from one? I think commentators and people involved professionally in the game forget that many fans are the purists who want to see all decisions perfect, all aspects of the game running like clock-work. Sometimes it's fun to see things go a bit wrong.

Anyhoo, rant aside, have a look at this. It’s wicked.