Less of this for a start…

The long-standing argument has been that the introduction of video technology would find beautiful flowing football descending into a stop-starty eyesore, with referees blowing up every ten seconds to do the charades sign for “television programme”.

But, as pointed out in today’s Times, it’s a ploy that has worked very well for cricket and rugby, and it would certainly take some pressure off referees. Plus Ireland would have survived Henry’s urge to molest the ball in the area, the likes of Drog-Drog might think a little before they go clattering down like a rucksack of spanners, and old women in flowery dresses wouldn’t have their Sunday afternoon step scrubbing therapy ruined by their drunken husbands shouting incoherently about being robbed.

But what do you think? Would it seriously cripple the game? Or would it make everyone a lot happier? Let us know with a vote and a comment…