Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe was among the Premier League managers against the idea.
Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, has allayed concerns about the Premier League and other elite divisions implementing a “blue card.”
The International Football Association Board (IFAB) intended to test a new blue card penalty, which would be comparable to rugby’s yellow cards and involve players being sin-binned for ten minutes for cynical fouls and displaying disobedience toward officials.
Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, has allayed concerns about the Premier League and other elite divisions implementing a “blue card.”
The International Football Association Board (IFAB) planned to trial a new blue card punishment that would see players sin-binned for 10 minutes for cynical fouls and showing dissent towards officials, in a rule similar to yellow cards being shown in rugby.
“I’m not a big fan, to be honest,” Howe said. “I think that’s what yellow cards are for. I think the current system works well, it’s just got to be applied right. I think adding a blue card would just add more confusion, in my opinion, so I’m against it.
“It will change it a lot but not, for me, in a good way because I think it will make it very bitty. More stop-start and I fear for the players who have to go off for 10 minutes and then re-find the rhythm of a Premier League game after 10 minutes out. I’m not sure it works personally.”
Klopp thinks that matches would resemble “the Wild West,” and Postecoglou said that “you add another [card].” What effect will that have? The solution is available already. Take that action if the enforcement isn’t meeting the needs of the public. The change is that.
You know what would happen to our game if one team was reduced to 10 players for ten minutes? It will be destroyed by it.
“One team will be waiting for someone to return for ten minutes while they try to kill time. We are attempting to travel in the opposite direction for an odd reason, while every other game is trying to speed up and clear things up.”
