Shocking Umpiring

It might be very obvious but umpiring these days is very much below International Standards. Consider the recent goof ups that come to my memory:

1. 2nd Test Sydney - atleast 5-6 blunders
(i) Ponting was caught behind off Ganguly
(ii) Ponting had inside edged on to the pad and was given LBW
(iii) Symonds was caught behind
(iv) Symonds was stumped
(v) Symonds was LBW
(vi) Symonds was stumped (2nd day again)

2. Jacques Kallis was not out against West Indies but was wrongly given out caught behind in the 1st test and this decisively changed the course of the match.

3. Melbourne Test - Ind vs Aus -
(i) Mitchel Johnson was given NOT OUT when he clearly nicked it.
(ii) Yuvraj was wrongly given out caught behind when replays weren't conclusive.
In that case benefit of doubt should have gone to the batsman.

4. Sangakkara was given out wrongly by Rudi Koertzen in the last test against Aus when Sri Lanka were chasing 500+. That turned out to be a match turning decision.

Well ICC seriously needs to look at the current umpires and the blunders they are making thus ruining the contests. Symonds should have been out on 30 but scored more than 150 (at the time of writing) and he has changed the course of the match (because of horrible decisions).

The present list of umpires needs to be changed. They should be trained and given a serious warning of making costly blunders. Only Simon Taufel and Aleem Dar (to a decent extent) are of any International Quality these days.

What I don't understand is that if there is technology and why can't it be used for all close decisions. It will hardly delay the game because the close calls that happen in a game are just a few but they usually change the course of the match.

Until that happens, screwed up umpires (like Bucknor) will continue to give horrible shockers..........