I hear you but there has to be some deterrent. It's not perfect but you can't just give players carte blance to get sent off and have no consequences.
You could have them castrated.
I hear you but there has to be some deterrent. It's not perfect but you can't just give players carte blance to get sent off and have no consequences.
Personally I think suspensions for yellows are utterly ridiculous. The idea was thought up when you needed to do a current red card challenge just to get a yellow.
I would drop them totally as well as professional fouls and 2 bookings and only suspend players for violent conduct or something unusual.
Although they should never do it for this season as any title would be tainted.
Personally I think suspensions for yellows are utterly ridiculous. The idea was thought up when you needed to do a current red card challenge just to get a yellow.
I would drop them totally as well as professional fouls and 2 bookings and only suspend players for violent conduct or something unusual.
Although they should never do it for this season as any title would be tainted.
What, so persistent foul play, within a match and from match to match, goes unpunished if it doesn't merit a straight red? I agree that it could all do with a rethink, but not sure about this. It would mean that Diakite could have kept on fouling and fouling v Fulham and never be punished unless it was 'violent'. How would you feel if Essien or someone does this for Chelsea this weekend?Personally I think suspensions for yellows are utterly ridiculous. The idea was thought up when you needed to do a current red card challenge just to get a yellow.
I would drop them totally as well as professional fouls and 2 bookings and only suspend players for violent conduct or something unusual.
Although they should never do it for this season as any title would be tainted.
Clearly anything but a Chelsea fan, but are those players mentioned banned just for picking up a single yellow? Or an accumulation? If its a single yellow then that sounds bloody harsh, especially with the way they are dished out like smarties.
Wasnt that violent conduct, I meant things like handball and last man offences.I think it should depend on the offence. A professional foul like Roy Keane's on Haaland should always be a ban. Some bans aren't long enough though many are probably a game or two too long.
What, so persistent foul play, within a match and from match to match, goes unpunished if it doesn't merit a straight red? I agree that it could all do with a rethink, but not sure about this. It would mean that Diakite could have kept on fouling and fouling v Fulham and never be punished unless it was 'violent'. How would you feel if Essien or someone does this for Chelsea this weekend?
Wasnt that violent conduct, I meant things like handball and last man offences.
No, pro fouls are last man fouls, handball on the line etc which normally only get a 1 game ban.
Violent conduct is a 3 match ban like Cisses or Drogbas 2 footed tackles, elbows or headbuts but I dont count Cisse grabbing Johnsons chin as violent conduct so I wouldnt have sent him off or given him a ban for that.
No, pro fouls are last man fouls, handball on the line etc which normally only get a 1 game ban.
Violent conduct is a 3 match ban like Cisses or Drogbas 2 footed tackles, elbows or headbuts but I dont count Cisse grabbing Johnsons chin as violent conduct so I wouldnt have sent him off or given him a ban for that.
By the letter of the law it is though and Cisse had to be sent off. It's a harsh rule but you don't give the ref much option if you grab players above head height
I'm gobsmacked with the obsession of QPR fans with Chelsea and John Terry. Its something I can't fathom and never will but honestly, the vitriol and bitterness directed at them on a constant basis is very unflattering and unbecoming.
Have to agree with Swords there;I think it's one of those things that is very local, that's what derbies are all about. You can't be a victim of the same passion unless you grew up with it, and it's nothing to do with your love for the club. You've got to be experiencing those slights and rivalries from a very early age I reckon; we outsiders will never get that.