Quote Originally Posted by Psychotic
As dodgy decisions in international football often go in favour of smaller teams (as I said, check out the controversy surrounding South Korea's run in 2002) the inclusion of video refereeing would mean that that the smaller teams could lose this edge.
As far as I've seen, dodgy decisions have pretty much gone against any team I choose to root for. :\

2002 was pretty much one big exception to international football, what with the US getting to quarters, and South Korea and Turkey getting to semis.

I haven't seen any statistics confirming weaker teams getting calls, though. I feel like I've seen major teams (especially divers like Argentina and Italy, and now Ghana) get all sorts of ridiculous calls go their way.

Even if that theory were true, then the US wouldn't have gotten their <img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"> luck calls. Oh wait, some retard decided to rank them fifth. My argument has crumbled.

[q=Psychotic]Interestingly, I think referees are biased in favour of the big teams in club football, or the home team. The Serie A debacle playing itself out as we speak is a perfect example of this.[/q]Unfortunately I don't follow the European leagues (I assume that's what you mean by "club football") - I guess it's difficult to get news of it out here. I also haven't watched Group A except for the first match, but I assume you're talking about Poland dropping out of the tournament?