Piss Poor Ref's

[SimonH]

Cant believe Tim Cahill got a red card on saturday for that, ref's are ruining the game!

These muppets are supposed to be pro's too!

I hope Cahill doesnt get a ban for that

crazy admittedly but the referee has to issue a yellow card under the new FIFA regulations - they are not allowed to use their discretion in that situation so you can't really blame him. Sepp Blatter doesn't help though when he confuses the issue by criticising the ref.

Surely the ref should of used his common sense tho, Cahill scores his 1st goal for his new club, and celebrated it!

I bet if it was an Arsenal or Manure player, they would of just been warned about it.

that rule is shit!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Defoe got a yellow first game of the season for that

I agree it seems a bad law from our point of view but the reason it was introduced by FIFA is that in some cultures the baring of the chest is deemed highly offensive and as all FIFA laws in theory should be applied globally we have to live with it.
Unfortunately the notion of "common sense" doesn't appear in FIFA laws - the referee is in an impossible situation in so far as he must apply the letter of the law or face censure himself.