Not sure this has been discussed before and apologies for my poor IT skills. Wouldn't let me attach so I had to cut and paste. English League Championship Stats: Team Discipline - 2011-12 Rank Team Yellow Red Points 1 Southampton 49 4 57 2 Peterborough United 54 2 58 Blackpool 54 2 58 Crystal Palace 54 2 58 Reading 56 1 58 6 Derby County 58 1 60 7 Cardiff City 61 0 61 8 Coventry City 58 3 64 9 Barnsley 62 2 66 10 Ipswich Town 57 5 67 11 Nottingham Forest 61 5 71 Burnley 67 2 71 13 Birmingham 66 3 72 Hull City 70 1 72 15 Watford 67 3 73 16 Doncaster Rovers 70 4 78 17 Leicester City 64 9 82 18 Millwall 79 2 83 19 West Ham United 73 6 85 20 Portsmouth 79 4 87 21 Middlesbrough 77 7 91 Bristol City 79 6 91 23 Leeds United 75 9 93 24 Brighton 92 8 108 We came top of the fair play league last year and it will be equally vital this season that we don't lose players to unnecessary suspensions. Despite the pressure of being at the top we kept our heads much better than West Ham for example. My concern is that the added pressure of big games this season could up our card count considerably. Not sure what the records are for Davis and Clyne but we need all our players to keep their heads under the increased scrutiny. Would love us to do it again this season. Fulham have shown that it is possible to survive at the top level without getting lots of cards. Could even get us into Europe! Views?
My concern is that the added pressure of big games this season could up our card count considerably. Not sure what the records are for Davis and Clyne but we need all our players to keep their heads under the increased scrutiny. ________________________ Playing against Fergies team usually ups the card rate somewhat.
And add one on to Boro for their defender not getting sent off in the second last game of the season. Anyway, don't be concerned, because we will definitely get more cards, because we'll be defending more and tackling players who are better and faster. We'll be ok though.
And Lambert's trip. I've looked at that several times, and I can't see what he's supposed to have done.
Chaplow against Barnsley, Fox against Birmingham, Lambert against Brighton. Who got the other red card?
Clyne only managed 1 yellow card all season, which is fairly impressive for a defender and Davis managed 3 yellows. Pretty good if they can keep that up.
I remember a very early interview with Pardew where he said one of the very few footballing orders from Markus and Nicola was to cut down on fouls and bookings because we want to be respected as a club.
