Lee Cattermole received a yellow card every 217 minutes of play; John Moncur, every 248 minutes; Joey Barton, every 288 minutes.
It’s interesting to see when they received them, too. Cattermole, 51% first half; Moncur, 89% first half; Barton, 35% first half. These might sound random, but when you look at the list of players, there is a pattern. Dennis Wise, 91% first half; David Batty, 89% first half; Mark Hughes, 87% first half, Carlton Palmer, 97% first half.
Wayne Rooney, 30% first half. I could go on, but it seems to me the reckless players had high second half percentage, the ones putting a mark in, higher first half percentage.
Gareth Barry may have the most yellow cards, but he’s only received them every 423 minutes, which puts him well down the list.
Over to you.
