Blue Cards to be Introduced

[MOZZER2]

🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Blue cards will be introduced in football for sin-bins.

A player will receive a blue card for cynical fouls or dissent and he will be removed from the pitch for 10 minutes.

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[Dembe]

Re: Blue Cards to be Introduced

This should be a good thread :hehe:

[Eric Cartman]

Re: Blue Cards to be Introduced

They stole this idea from me, I want my cut.

The way teams just share out yellows between themselves in games in order to run down the clock/prevent attacks from building makes this change vital. Hopefully it won't be used much because teams see the threat and change tactics so they don't lose a player or two.

Does a ref actually have the balls to referee to it though? Similar to holding in the penalty area, it isn't a deterrent if you never use it.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Re: Blue Cards to be Introduced

They stole this idea from me, I want my cut.

The way teams just share out yellows between themselves in games in order to run down the clock/prevent attacks from building makes this change vital. Hopefully it won't be used much because teams see the threat and change tactics so they don't lose a player or two.

Does a ref actually have the balls to referee to it though? Similar to holding in the penalty area, it isn't a deterrent if you never use it.

Does anybody remember - I think it was at least 6 months ago - they introduced new rules to stop time-wasting. That went well. More stoppages, more players using it to their side's advantage, more cheating. More reviews [presume VAR will be the the arbiter]

[Trigger]

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I'd prefer cheerleaders

[Nobody's Rep]

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Refs already have powers to sort this out and don't use them and I fear there will be lots more threads on here about poor refereeing decisions

[NYCBlue]

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At what level?

[splott parker]

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At what level?

Men & women’s FA Cup next season, if I’ve read it right.

[the other bob wilson]

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Seems like this will bring about the end of the two yellow cards dismissals. Yes, I know they are saying blue cards will only be issued for specific offences at the moment, but we can all remember when VAR was supposed to only be used to correct "clear and obvious errors".

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Re: Blue Cards to be Introduced

Seems like this will bring about the end of the two yellow cards dismissals. Yes, I know they are saying blue cards will only be issued for specific offences at the moment, but we can all remember when VAR was supposed to only be used to correct "clear and obvious errors".

It'll just add another grey area to the laws of the game.

[Trigger]

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Refs already have powers to sort this out and don't use them and I fear there will be lots more threads on here about poor refereeing decisions

Yea it's a cop out really.

Just implement the bookings and reds properly and as consistently as possible.

I'd even rather straight reds for the offences this blue will cover. Instead of pissing about with 10 minutes sin bins everywhere just send them off.

It will be carnage for a while but not for long when players and clubs soon start being punished accordingly.

Not quite a red but a blue card will just mean most matches have these where one team is at a disadvantage and it's dragging it out as I don't think it fixes the issue long term.

[Gofer Blue]

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I have advocated this idea for quite a while. No ref would dare issue a red card for what is laughably called a "professional foul" - so the blue card would do the job. I don't see why there should be any problem of interpretation - everyman and his brother can immediately tell when a defender deliberately pulls down an opponent when he is charging down the pitch towards the goal. Why just 10 minutes anyway, let's have 30 minutes!

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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It'll just add another grey area to the laws of the game.

Yet another colour then.

[Steve the Tea]

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Refs already have powers to sort this out and don't use them and I fear there will be lots more threads on here about poor refereeing decisions

Well said, sir. Very true. Rushed and wrong.

StT.
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[The Bloop]

Re: Blue Cards to be Introduced

More confusion, vagueness over the rules and their interpretation.
Why not put players in the bin for 10 minutes when they get a yellow card? There shouldn't be a need for another card.