Football stuff that doesn't deserve its own thread

[Uppercut]

I have fond memories of Cygan. He was an early prototype of a particular type of Arsenal player in the 2000s whose job was to fill opposing fans with hope. Henry or Van Persie would belt in a screamer and you'd start to worry that they'd win something. Then the camera would cut to Almunia celebrating with Eboue, or Bendtner getting ready to come off the bench, and you were suddenly filled with an overwhelming sense of calm, you just knew in your heart that everything would be OK.

 

[Ali TT]

Looks like sin bins might get introduced. Been in favour of this for a while.

 

[Chin Music]

Looks like sin bins might get introduced. Been in favour of this for a while.

Is every yellow card going to result in a sin bin, or will it be for offences that are 'orange'? Just don't know how it might work. Otherwise you are going to have a lot of teams down to a few players at different times. Not quite sure about this for football.

 

[GIMH]

Is every yellow card going to result in a sin bin, or will it be for offences that are 'orange'? Just don't know how it might work. Otherwise you are going to have a lot of teams down to a few players at different times. Not quite sure about this for football.

I thought I saw it was mainly for dissent

 

[Uppercut]

Yeah just for dissent it looks like. Good change IMO.

They brought it in for cynical fouls in Gaelic football and it was a definite improvement. That’d be a good change for soccer too, adding a sin bin to any situation where a player takes a yellow for the team.

 

[Howe_zat]

If they're importing stuff from rugby I'd more like to see only the captain talks to the ref rule.

Makes captaincy more meaningful as well

 

[sledger]

If they're importing stuff from rugby I'd more like to see only the captain talks to the ref rule.

Makes captaincy more meaningful as well

This is quite common practice for refs at grass roots level these days I think. Definitely a good approach I'd say.

 

[GIMH]

If they're importing stuff from rugby I'd more like to see only the captain talks to the ref rule.

Makes captaincy more meaningful as well

They are definitely considering the captaincy thing.

In the 01-02 season they trialled the 10 yard rule for dissent, I think that's from League not Union. Anyway I liked it, probably because of a Jason Koumas free-kick that was scored after being brought forwards. Not sure why they didn't take it any further.

 

[Ali TT]

Football should introduce the reverse sin-bin rule. Everyone starts in the bin until they can demonstrate they're not a whiney ****

 

[sledger]

Sounds like TNA's "reverse Royal Rumble" tbh.

****ing Russo.

 

[Howe_zat]

They are definitely considering the captaincy thing.

In the 01-02 season they trialled the 10 yard rule for dissent, I think that's from League not Union. Anyway I liked it, probably because of a Jason Koumas free-kick that was scored after being brought forwards. Not sure why they didn't take it any further.

it's in both ftr

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

I think one of the major arguments against it is that the distances between players in positions and the referee can be quite large (what if your GK is your captain, for instance?) and it could waste a lot of time and put miles on the legs of players.

 

[Furball]

If they're importing stuff from rugby I'd more like to see only the captain talks to the ref rule.

Makes captaincy more meaningful as well

Wouldn't work in football the way it does in rugby. The referee should be in the rough vicinity of the captain a lot more in rugby because of the structure of the sport compared to football.

I'm fully in favour of sin bins for yellow cards, as long as they stop showing yellow cards for celebrating goals and slightly mistiming a tackle.

 

[Furball]

They brought it in for cynical fouls in Gaelic football and it was a definite improvement. That’d be a good change for soccer too, adding a sin bin to any situation where a player takes a yellow for the team.

100%, the fact players will happily take a yellow for a cynical shirt pull or trip to stop a counter attack at source tells you the sanction isn't a deterrent.

 

[Furball]

https://x.com/johnwalker_1986/status/1730670880626290958?s=20

 

[GIMH]

100%, the fact players will happily take a yellow for a cynical shirt pull or trip to stop a counter attack at source tells you the sanction isn't a deterrent.

Indeed. After a defeat to us one Friday night, Mansfield manager Nigel Clough said in his post-match interview that he was pissed off that they didn’t get any yellow cards.

 

[sledger]

Football in Turkey today suspended following a ref punching by a club owner then.

 

[Howe_zat]

Football in Turkey today suspended following a ref punching by a club owner then.

Yes, but have you heard his explanation?



I trust that clears everything up.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Ah. The old fashioned closed fist slap. Chosen weapon of wife-beaters over the years. Guy can clearly get ****ed.

 

[Ali TT]

WTAF is the "Swiss format" for next year's Champions League? Presumably it will be promoted as a way of increasing excitement and widening participation but is really about profit maximisation.