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The alternative to this proposal is that the referees use the existing laws and use the disciplinary methods already at their disposal.Unpopular opinion but I'm massively in favour of it. I'm so fed up of watching games and thinking "that needs to be more than just a yellow card". A sin bin would work brilliantly in football as it's such a dynamic game, and would be an appropriate punishment for those tactical fouls which are used, particularly by the likes of City, to stop opposition momentum and chances before they get going, but which don't meet the threshold for a red card.
I hope people just let the trial happen and let's see where it goes - I see lots of Proper Football Men have come out and declared that it will destroy the game and the game's gone etc - but something does need to be done about this type of behaviour and I don't see anyone else coming up with any good ideas as an alternative.
As it stands the “top” refs will often let these kind of professional fouls go unpunished. They’ll also bottle second yellows in big matches.
The dissent issue is similarly treated in an inconsistent manner. Some games a player will get booked for back chat the next game they won’t.
Giving the refs yet another decision to bottle won’t improve the game.