villakram Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I just stumbled across this. A trial run whereby players will be given a green card for sporting behavior in Serie B this season.Seems a bit pointless to me, although it is an admirable idea in principle. Would be pretty cool if you could earn one of these and then geta freebie at someone, e.g., Rooney.http://www.msn.com/en-ie/sport/serie-a/serie-b-introduces-green-cards-to-promote-good-behaviour-fair-play-and-sportsmanship/ar-AAdXfHF?ocid=mailsignoutmd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Heard about this, would rather the time spent giving a green card was used for video replays of big decisions like an offside call, we've seen in cricket and tennis how quick the calls can be made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisVillan Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 ?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 What a pile of bollocks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 5, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted September 5, 2015 If refs were better at punishing UN-sporting behaviour then they wouldn't need this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Ghey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 This is fine, but the incentive to get one is basically non-existent at the moment. Make them count as a negative yellow in terms of suspensions etc, and we'd be talking. You've got your 5 yellows, but you're not suspended yet because you picked up 2 greens along the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Just bring in more video replay to get big decisions right. The sooner we Americanise the sport, the better. Take it out of the hands of the morons in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 And put it in the hands of a moron in a room with a TV instead?The MOTD panel of "experts" show every week what a video ref appeal system would lead toAs for green cards, file under bollocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisVillan Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 And put it in the hands of a moron in a room with a TV instead? The MOTD panel of "experts" show every week what a video ref appeal system would lead to As for green cards, file under bollocksFile under bollocks right next to video replays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Better off suspending players for five games who can be seen diving on a video review. What exactly constutes sporting behaviour? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Agree, retrospective punishment is the obvious answer to me but the powers that be are more interested in stuff like green cards and sin bins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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