there was an amusing anti-endorsement of the yellow card good stupidity some year back. colin had just taken over an ailing palace in the second flight. this was iirc not long after leon cort had been tempted to palace. viewers may recall that cort did his stuff splendidly and was only rarely cautioned. colin, in his wisdom, decided that this meant cort wasn't up to scratch. cort was just what stoke needed and they took second place in the table and were promoted to the prem. palace, meanwhile, had done well but were beaten in the play-offs by bristol city, who went on to lose in the final to a northern team. cort joined stoke when his loan period expired and had a couple of seasons in the prem, including time at burnley.
