While laughing at hearts' red card record I also noticed the yellow card record of other teams.
I was thinking that it might help teams with players who want to 'play football' if a yellow card resulted in a 'sin bin'. Perhaps the threat of 5 minutes down to 10 men would put teams off fouling their way through a game.
It would be similar to Ice Hockey where they have power plays.
I think it would be only fair when you think of someone like Gary Caldwell who thinks nothing of taking a yellow card if it stops the opposition's attack. Andy Dorman did it on Saturday when we had a break on and he pulled our player back.
Thoughts?
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Thread: Helping the players play.
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19-08-2009 12:23 PM #1
Helping the players play.
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19-08-2009 12:40 PM #2
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Pretty difficult to operate. There are a number of trivial offences that you can get booked for and they are not always clear as a red card. You could be severely disadvantaged when playing decent teams if you lose a player for a period where there's been an accidental wee trip and the referee has called it harshly.
Yes, you do get that with reds as well but yellows ar far more frequent and losing a player is just too much even for a small amount of time for those type of offences.
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19-08-2009 12:48 PM #4This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
You do rely on the ref's judgment as is done currently. It might save some players getting sent off.
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