After the Word Football Cup held this year, I would have loved to have done a montage of footage of the crowds watching the match (v Croatia) at Federation Square or Circular Quay, or in the stadium as the match was played –it told a greater story than the football did. Faces went from despair to elation; and then frustration, back to despair, and then enduring the last few anxious minutes before elation and celebration.
Moving on, I think everyone remembers 1 of the 90 minutes of the Australian game against Italy. I was thinking recently that I would not want a have a video replay or coaches being able to challenge calls. Human error is part of sport. I’m reminded of the fact that the Swans may have won last years Grand Final because a West Coast player was taken out of the marking contest (illegally) and Australia may have been knocked out because of a 50-50 call. It is the romance of sport, sure its heartbreaking to lose but this is part of sport, that’s not to say I don't get frustrated during Bledisloe Cup tests, or Swan’s AFL matches, but please don’t make the referees “robotic-law-enforcers”, leave room for human error.
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