Referees need to put cards away, it's affecting the game

This tournament should be renamed the World Cup of Flops

Either Australia is REALLY bad, or Germany have joined the ranks of those teams failing to produce in the 2010 World Cup. And I don’t think Australia are really that bad.

This morning’s two games also saw a continuing of the ridiculous refereeing that has taken shape during the tournament, as yet another questionable red card was followed by endless yellows.

Referees need to keep those cards in their pockets. It’s starting to effect the game.

I completely agree that a referee needs to keep a game under control in order to prevent unnecessary injuries, and retaliation should be penalized. But the majority of the red cards so far should not have been shown.

The cards are affecting the progress of play, and when teams have to play a man short the game is not the same. Teams cannot play their full strategy when having to worry about covering an extra man.

When players are constantly having to worry about getting a second yellow card and therefore being sent off, this is always in the back of their mind and often causes them to pull up or hold back during the game. Thus, the beautiful game is no longer beautiful.

This needs to change before it gets even further out of hand. Put those damn cards away, and let the players do what they do best. The World Cup contains the best players in the world, and therefore they are not out to injure one another, they are merely out to pay the best football they know how to play.

Football is a contact sport, tackling is allowed. Let the players play.