Sin bins

[alwaysright]

I see that Fifa are looking to introduce blue cards into football matches - to be used by referees for more serious / cynical fouls & dissent by players and managers....The card comes with a 10 minute 'sin bin'. ..Personally I am in favour - but - I would actually go a stage further.

I have always felt that the yellow card is not a proportional or sufficient punishment for every qualifying offence...For example, 'simple' time-wasting seems 'inoffensive' compared with a cynical ' hack' of a player running in on goal - yet - both offences attract the same card...Clearly, the latter 'foul' should receive greater punishment...... but - (( and this is where I contradict myself )) -

Whether it's simple time-wasting or blatant thuggery, it amounts to the same thing - cheating ! As you all know I hate cheating.... If I had my way, every time a player cheated, he should receive any colour card - AND a stretch in the sin bin....... I bet it would stop a lot of cheating and harassment of the referees.

Sadly, the downside of sin-bins (( which I think are inevitable )), is that the process will slow down the game even more than at present.

 

[brb]

I've seen mainly negative comments on the idea. Even one of our own past players making comment in regards it could lead to injury due to sitting in a sin bin for ten minutes then having cold muscles etc (something like that anyway).

I do take onboard the players views, but there has without doubt been times in football, where a sin bin would have been better than leaning towards two yellows and a sending off OR where a sin bin is appropriate because a player or team tactics are just wasting time.

Too many times these days players acting as if they've been shot (crocodile/alligator rolls), that would be my first target and diving in the box.

 

[brb]

Oh well just seen some ideas what they will be used for, so scrap the above - and two blue cards will be a sending off lol...don't we use yellows already for that, clowns!