Re:This green card being tried in Serie B

[TheCurly]

Leave the fÚcking game alone

[Ash]

Leave the fÚcking game alone

What's the green card for?

[Luis Anaconda]

What's the green card for?

Environmentally unsound behaviour

[World's End Stella]

What's the green card for?

Sending someone off for being too Irish.

Robbie Keane, as an example.

[TheCurly]

What's the green card for?

Fair play... ie attacker telling ref that wasn't a penalty/corner etc
Apparently you get "a prize" at the end of the season

[Ash]

Environmentally unsound behaviour

"What did I do, Ref?"

"You failed to seperate your recyclables. I warned you before" *points around park*

[Sir C]

Fair play... ie attacker telling ref that wasn't a penalty/corner etc
Apparently you get "a prize" at the end of the season

Aww, that's nice. Santi should get one every game for having such a lovely smile.

[Luis Anaconda]

Leave the fÚcking game alone

With all due respect, c - this is fairly typical football fans response to change. Other sports - ironically considered more "conservative" - such as rugby and cricket have demonstrably improved by embracing change and technology, something football seems loathed to do. The major rule changes in football in "recent" times (backpass/tackle from behind) have made it a better game I'm most sane people's eyes, quite tellingly the latter of those was some 25 years ago. They couldn't sort out the the ****ing offside rule in God put the definitive laws on two tablets and left them at the top of Mount Sinai

[Ash]

With all due respect, c - this is fairly typical football fans response to change. Other sports - ironically considered more "conservative" - such as rugby and cricket have demonstrably improved by embracing change and technology, something football seems loathed to do. The major rule changes in football in "recent" times (backpass/tackle from behind) have made it a better game I'm most sane people's eyes, quite tellingly the latter of those was some 25 years ago. They couldn't sort out the the ****ing offside rule in God put the definitive laws on two tablets and left them at the top of Mount Sinai

"And lo, an attacking player will be deemed active if he obstructeth the view of the goalkeeper"

Video refereeing is being trialled in Holland, I gather.

[Luis Anaconda]

"And lo, an attacking player will be deemed active if he obstructeth the view of the goalkeeper"

Video refereeing is being trialled in Holland, I gather.

I believe so as well. May have been a bit harsh on C in this case though - this does appear *******s

[Luis Anaconda]

Fair play... ie attacker telling ref that wasn't a penalty/corner etc
Apparently you get "a prize" at the end of the season

I thought it was just shown to the older players to mark that they should give up and go take a job in Major League Soccer

[TheCurly]

i thought it was just shown to the older players to mark that they should give up and go take a job in major league soccer

*ba boom tish*

[TheCurly]

With all due respect, c - this is fairly typical football fans response to change. Other sports - ironically considered more "conservative" - such as rugby and cricket have demonstrably improved by embracing change and technology, something football seems loathed to do. The major rule changes in football in "recent" times (backpass/tackle from behind) have made it a better game I'm most sane people's eyes, quite tellingly the latter of those was some 25 years ago. They couldn't sort out the the ****ing offside rule in God put the definitive laws on two tablets and left them at the top of Mount Sinai

I'd happily accept a "video ref"
As long as they don't fanny about.Decision within the minute mark is fine.

[Ash]

I'd happily accept a "video ref"
As long as they don't fanny about.Decision within the minute mark is fine.

Some of the vid-refs in cricket fanny around terribly. I have found myself commenting: "Look, we can all see the ball didn't hit the bat so no need to watch it from 17 angles and let's get on with it :shout:"

[redgunamo]

With all due respect, c - this is fairly typical football fans response to change. Other sports - ironically considered more "conservative" - such as rugby and cricket have demonstrably improved by embracing change and technology, something football seems loathed to do. The major rule changes in football in "recent" times (backpass/tackle from behind) have made it a better game I'm most sane people's eyes, quite tellingly the latter of those was some 25 years ago. They couldn't sort out the the ****ing offside rule in God put the definitive laws on two tablets and left them at the top of Mount Sinai

With respect though, neither of those fine, noble sports are football. Indeed, they are both frantically trying to catch up.

And the offside law simply needs abolishing; make defenders actually do the defending, rather than linesmen.

[Luis Anaconda]

Some of the vid-refs in cricket fanny around terribly. I have found myself commenting: "Look, we can all see the ball didn't hit the bat so no need to watch it from 17 angles and let's get on with it :shout:"

Rod Tucker was pretty good last summer I seem to recall but spot on about some of them. They do get absolutely hammered if they get one wrong though

[Sir C]

Rod Tucker was pretty good last summer I seem to recall but spot on about some of them. They do get absolutely hammered if they get one wrong though

I rather enjoy the referee being miked up in rugby. Mind you, you need some explanation now that the laws of rugby are so fúcking opaque.

[Ash]

Rod Tucker was pretty good last summer I seem to recall but spot on about some of them. They do get absolutely hammered if they get one wrong though

I had in mind the one doing Bangladesh-England the other day. If you have to 'rock-and-roll' a run-out call between two frames for ages than it should just be not out.