proposed sin bin

[fenman]

Sometimes in life one is totally baffled . A few years ago sin bins were introduced for grass roots football (  or as pundits and media insulting refer to as pub football ) . The FA deemed this to be great success in cutting down on dissent . It is now being proposed that the idea will be adopted at professional level . The majority of Premiership managers are against the proposal  citing several pathetic reasons . The game at the top level is being spoilt by cheating and abuse of officials .  A way of eliminating or reducing this has been trialled with success  and  is possibly going to be introduced at the top level . Surely this would improve the game . Several managers , the Spurs manager for one , has said that losing a player for 10 minutes would ruin the game . Has he thought that perhaps if  the offending player didn't cheat or show dissent in the first place he ( or she ) wouldn't be sin binned .? Surely  if they are so much in love with the game they want to see the image improved ? More and more people are comparing  the disgusting  behavior  of fans and players in the game  to almost all other sports .

[baldy]

I’ve been an advocate of the sin bin for many years. The only football people against it are the cheats & whingers.

Unfortunately, I still strongly believe the TV companies will be fiercely against and I’m sure it would lead to having even more VAR interruptions.

Having an opposition player booked is little help to your team during the match. Instant justice is the way it should be.

 

[fenman]

Sadly his comment about there not being much wrong with the game .sums it up . Other than the greedy game ie. the Premiership , becoming a byword for win at any cost , by fair means or foul ,  game played by grossly overpaid mercenaries , there isn't much wrong with the game .." He took one for the team ", " he won a penalty , " we have players well known for their theatrical dives , feigning injuries etc. etc. In the world of sport football is slowly turning into a laughing stock . Yes , him and Klopp are right in that the governing bodies have made a right lash up of modifying rules and the  nightmare of VAR  but something has to be done about dissent  and some aspects of foul play ie. obstruction when through on goal . Football is or should be a simple game , but in recent years , mainly through tinkering with rules it's become complex . As a comparison , when Sir Frank Whittle handed over the jet engine project to Rolls Royce he said " it 's simple system " Lord Hives chairman of Rolls Royce replied " don't worry we'll soon make it more complicated "  This is how a simple game is now becoming  .

ps for younger followers , Sir Frank Whittle was a pioneer in the invention of the jet engine .

pps As an after thought , how come the sin bin works alright in Rugby  and lower levels at football ???????

[John Davies]

It’s not needed.

It’s not needed at the lower levels it’s already being used at and it isn’t needed at the top level being proposed.

There are already laws that exist, which state the action to be taken if any of the ‘new’ offences take place. These aren’t correctly applied. That’s the fix, not creating a new law.

[hoanglongclinic]

You know, if players knew they'd get stuck in a sin bin for their antics, maybe they'd start playing fair. I mean, who doesn't want to see the game get better? If that means clamping down on bad behavior, I'm all for it.