You don't need blue cards. It's just another sign of emotional weakness. Boo-Hoo, 'the player did a serious foul in the first few minutes of a big match, but we won't send him off because we have to make allowances for the occasion and the fact that he was hyped up.' No we don't! He's a professional footballer and part of that is managing your emotions. If you can't do that, it makes you a lesser player. A sending off offence is a sending off offence (same with bookings) regarless of when in the game it happens, the 'importance' of the match or whether you're playing for Man U or Stockport County. Just get ref's to referee the game properly. And while you're doing that, stop the laughing and joking with the players. You're in charge FFS, act like it and stop mooning over the famous millionaires you are in charge of.