Sin bins

[Seamus Colemole]

Actually applying the rules consistently would really be a great start. My biggest complaint when it comes to refs. You or your assistant sees it or you dont,if you see the infringement and there's a stipulated punishment for it then apply it. Doesn't matter if it's first or last minute, if you've just given a peno for one team that you are now not sure about, if the player is a nice guy.....whatever the surrounding factors, just apply the bloody rules to what you see.

Here in Spain the inconsistency is infuriating. The amount of blatant trips or shirt pulls not punished with a yellow is ridiculous.

Do you mean all trips and shirt pulls or just ones worthy of a yellow card? Cause trips and shirt pulls aren't automatic yellow cards though, it's the type of and situation involved which determine if a trip or shirt pull is worth a yellow.

 

[bicycleheader]

Do you mean all trips and shirt pulls or just ones worthy of a yellow card? Cause trips and shirt pulls aren't automatic yellow cards though, it's the type of and situation involved which determine if a trip or shirt pull is worth a yellow.

I thought it was determined by proximity to the ball, or at least partly? So for example a blatant trip or pull when you are not near the ball and are obviously not attempting to get it?

 

[Seamus Colemole]

I thought it was determined by proximity to the ball, or at least partly? So for example a blatant trip or pull when you are not near the ball and are obviously not attempting to get it?

These are what earn a yellow card.

1. Unsporting behaviour
2. Dissent by word or action
3. Persistent infringement of the Laws of the Game
4. Delaying the restart of play
5. Failure to respect the required distance when play is restarted with a corner kick, throw-in or free kick
6. Entering or re-entering the field of play without the referee's permission
7. Deliberately leaving the field of play without the referee's permission

What constitutes cautionable unsporting behaviour is generally at the referee's discretion, though the Interpretation and Guidelines which accompany the Laws list a number of examples.[1]:123 These include simulation intended to deceive the referee, or attempting to score by handling the ball. Fouls which are committed recklessly or fouls which are committed with the intention of breaking up a promising attack are also considered unsporting behaviour and punishable with a yellow card. Fouls which are committed with excessive force, however, or which deny an obvious goalscoring opportunity for the player fouled (i.e. a professional foul), are punishable by a red card.

It's kinda like why Gareth Barry gets so many yellows, the nature of his fouls in his position on the pitch. Obviously it's at the refs discretion what's deemed a promising attack but a shirt pull on a defender in his own area under pressure won't get a yellow but a shirt pull on a winger about to get to the by line and cross the ball will get a yellow.

 

[bicycleheader]

These are what earn a yellow card.

1. Unsporting behaviour
2. Dissent by word or action
3. Persistent infringement of the Laws of the Game
4. Delaying the restart of play
5. Failure to respect the required distance when play is restarted with a corner kick, throw-in or free kick
6. Entering or re-entering the field of play without the referee's permission
7. Deliberately leaving the field of play without the referee's permission

What constitutes cautionable unsporting behaviour is generally at the referee's discretion, though the Interpretation and Guidelines which accompany the Laws list a number of examples.[1]:123 These include simulation intended to deceive the referee, or attempting to score by handling the ball. Fouls which are committed recklessly or fouls which are committed with the intention of breaking up a promising attack are also considered unsporting behaviour and punishable with a yellow card. Fouls which are committed with excessive force, however, or which deny an obvious goalscoring opportunity for the player fouled (i.e. a professional foul), are punishable by a red card.

It's kinda like why Gareth Barry gets so many yellows, the nature of his fouls in his position on the pitch. Obviously it's at the refs discretion what's deemed a promising attack but a shirt pull on a defender in his own area under pressure won't get a yellow but a shirt pull on a winger about to get to the by line and cross the ball will get a yellow.

Cheers. Didn't know that, but I think the majority that catch my eye do fall into the Gareth Barry category.

Personally think it should be a yellow anywhere on the pitch, as without the ball it's just straight up cheating.