zuricity wrote:The comparison with rugby is false. Players get sin binned when not even tackling the player with the Ball.
It is seldom a game is pulled up for off the ball actions.
No one is saying that the offences are similar to rugby, that’s irrelevant. My main concern with the way things are is that a player, like Fern or Rodri, and many others from all teams, especially towards the end of a game will take a yellow card to stop a break, that is counterproductive to a flowing game and is plain wrong. The sin bin option will put an end to it, or even if it doesn’t at least it will give the team offended against an advantage. This should be the referee that decides with only the captain permitted to discuss it with the referee which will be pretty pointless…….I’ve been watching football for nigh on 60 years and not once have I seen a referee change his mind over the issue of a yellow card.