IFAB set to introduce blue cards for football sin bins

Blue cards in football? Lawmakers set to introduce trials for 10-minute sin bins

In the trials, referees will have the power to send players off for 10 minutes for dissent or cynical fouls.

According to The Times, The Football Association will consider trialling sin bins in the FA Cup and Women's FA Cup next season.

They're enough of a mess as it is with only 2 cards at their disposal. Giving them three is just insane.

Originally Posted by Patty_b

Blue cards in football? Lawmakers set to introduce trials for 10-minute sin bins



They're enough of a mess as it is with only 2 cards at their disposal. Giving them three is just insane.

Heard this yesterday, and my first thought was how much easier it will be to ‘influence’ the results of games.

There wouldn't be a need for this if the refs correctly & consistently applied the current laws of the game.

just go like rugby, if its worthy of a yellow then 10 mins sin bin, easy

I think it’s a good idea tbf if implemented properly. Big if though.

Terrible idea. It won’t work in football. 10 mins down to 10 is no biggie if anything it’ll just encourage teams to time waste for 10 mins or put everyone behind the ball. They’re making the sport £#%&!ing unwatchable at this point.

it's a terrible idea

Dalot to be sin binned for 90 mins.

Originally Posted by Vedder

Terrible idea. It won’t work in football. 10 mins down to 10 is no biggie if anything it’ll just encourage teams to time waste for 10 mins or put everyone behind the ball. They’re making the sport £#%&!ing unwatchable at this point.

Ten minutes with a player less is no biggie? Okay

Originally Posted by Ethers

Ten minutes with a player less is no biggie? Okay

It’s not. It is in rugby but like I said you can easily time waste for a lot of that. Can easily just chuck everyone behind the ball for 10 mins, what’s stopping the team with 10 taking the ball in the corner flag and time wasting? All it does is encourage negative football. A team can easily survive 10 mins ffs

Originally Posted by Vedder

It’s not. It is in rugby but like I said you can easily time waste for a lot of that. Can easily just chuck everyone behind the ball for 10 mins, what’s stopping the team with 10 taking the ball in the corner flag and time wasting? All it does is encourage negative football. A team can easily survive 10 mins ffs

So you think teams are going to carry on committing cynical fouls, or dissenting the ref, knowing that as a consequence they will “just” have to give up any hope of attacking for 10 minutes by time wasting or keeping the ball in the corner?

That’s utter nonsense, it’s a big disadvantage, especially if it happens several times a match, and teams will do their best to avoid it.

Originally Posted by TreeFiddy

Dalot to be sin binned for 90 mins.

hopefully

You’d wonder how football managed to get popular those first hundred years or so, without this, var, handball and offside rules that nobody understands or implements properly.

What’s wrong with the current system where nobody in the league gets carded for dissent except dalot and Bruno?

Terrible, stupid and pointless idea. Sin bin in the bin, for me Brian.

Originally Posted by Finport Red

You’d wonder how football managed to get popular those first hundred years or so, without this, var, handball and offside rules that nobody understands or implements properly.

What’s wrong with the current system where nobody in the league gets carded for dissent except dalot and Bruno?

Terrible, stupid and pointless idea. Sin bin in the bin, for me Brian.

when and why did they decide to start £#%&!ing around so much? none of the changes are improving the game

Originally Posted by Finport Red

You’d wonder how football managed to get popular those first hundred years or so, without this, var, handball and offside rules that nobody understands or implements properly.

What’s wrong with the current system where nobody in the league gets carded for dissent except dalot and Bruno?

Terrible, stupid and pointless idea. Sin bin in the bin, for me Brian.

100% this. Why add another variable to a job (refereeing) that they already can’t do properly. Might work in a different world where refs actually do a decent job.

Another terrible idea.

Over 70% of Michael Oliver's card for dissent have been issued to United players, including the ridiculous sending off of Dalot.

The game is already going to shit. This is another nail in the coffin.

JUST LEAVE IT ALONE YOU @#%&!S

£#%&!ing blue card for £#%&! sake.

what a joke

From what I've read elsewhere it seems to pretty much be the equivalent of a yellow, in that two blues = off, a yellow and a blue = off. So why not just sinbin players for a yellow (Actually, it's in the link quite near the top but I didn't bother reading it, something I probably have in common with a few who have responded )

I'm not in favour of the sin bin at all, and it's introduction will inevitably lead to the used of the phrase "power play" on MotD , but if you're going to do it, don't add extra complexity to a game whose understanding is clearly already beyond many players, refs and even managers

the more control refs demand (to match fix because they're poorly paid) the more likely we are to see genuine player on ref violence, and i don't mean a little push
be careful what you wish for