FIFA MUST introduce video technology to aid referees!!

It's no real secret to anyone who knows me that I am somewhat of a Celtic fan. When I say somewhat, I mean I used to get up at 4 in the morning to travel about 400 miles to watch them play, and I currently have a bedroom painted green and white. Last night (February 10th 2010), Rangers played Motherwell in the league. During the match, Motherwell's Ross Forbes had a perfectly legitimate goal chopped off because of an inexplicable offside decision. This is far from the first time this season, or indeed in any recent seasons, that Rangers have been gifted points because of poor refereeing.
Now I'm not here to play the 'conspiracy, every ref in Scotland is a hun' card. What I am here to do is complain about the amount of poor refereeing decisions which take place across football. Just look at the Thierry Henry handball which put France into the world cup. TV replays confirmed that he did indeed handle the ball, and hence the goal shouldn't have stood.
Or take the Old Firm game at Celtic park at the start of 2010. Not only did Marc Antoine Fortuné have a perfectly legitimate goal chopped off, but a bizaare decision by the referee kept Kyle L*fferty on the pitch after his horror tackle on Andreas Hinkel.
So often, players, managers and fans alike complain about their teams being hard done by over poor refereeing decisions. It is clear to everyone that video replays need to be accessible to referees to enable them to make correct decisions under these circumstances.
Look at rugby. If a try is scored which looks even slightly dubious, a video replay is consulted to ensure that the correct decision is made in awarding or disallowing the try.
Consider tennis. Each player gets 3 opportunities per set to challenge calls by the umpire. If he feels that a decision is incorrect, he may make a challenge, and the incident is looked at via a computer generated replay.
So why not in football? Opponents of the idea claim that it would lead to time wasting, with video replays called upon for every decision that doesn't go their way. This assumes that FIFA would just give referees access to video replays and be done with it. I can think of two possibilities off the top of my head: 1. Replays can be used only when there are claims for or against a goal, penalty or free-kick within a clear goalscoring range. 2. Replays can be used at any point, but each team can only use them 3 times per match.
I hope I have made my case clear. There is absolutely no doubt that the only possible way to end controversy in football and ensure that the game is played fairly is to introduce video technology as described above.

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