Just been on the local telly that Turner city signed Bullard knowing he had a tear in his cartlige.

Well considering he did it in the west ham game its not hard to fathom that is it?

Weak Tottenham side tonight. 11 first teamers not travelled to Donetsk for the game. Can't see them winning despite it being 0-0 at HT.

Any ideas why Chimbonda is wearing number 97.

Also, if you put 'mcfc honours list' into google, you might find the first option given amusing.

37 minutes of that 1 game

Because he's a ? ? ?

Pretty sure he wore a normal number in the League last week, that's all.

rlBlue card sin-binning...one step closer?rl

thanks shaktar had them at evens
bnig rumour in spain is that agüero is on his way out of atleticoin the summer with two destinations likely....

inter and man city

I hope so!

I think there's a lot of merit in the idea. A lot of merit. A sinbin would be even better in football IMHO, when you're a player down it isn't as bad as it is in RL. Things are getting a bit silly with fouls in football. A sort of intermediary card whereby you punish someone more mildly could just save some players from unnecessary sendings off and big games being ruined.

I can see moaning and shouting at the referee being pulled up a lot more, because it just doesn't warrant a sending off all that much but a five minute cooling off spell? Hell yes.

It'll sometimes be used as a cop out though. There's always a down side. And I'd make it ten minutes not five.

I agree.

I think we see too much cynical stuff now, and too many players 'taking one for the team'. Take a situation, for example, there's a break on and it's 3 on 1 for the attacking team, a player is getting back as quick as he can and he brings the ball carrier down quite cynically, knowing full well he'll get a yellow, but he knows it won't be a red as he wasn't the last man. Would this player be willing to do so if it resulted in a 10 minute sin bin? I think it would certainly add more doubt.

I still think we should have yellows, but a blue card woul definitely be a great addition in my opinion.

I think this would complicate things a little, but could they not do Ice Hockey-eque penalties, say 5 minutes for a minor, 10 for a major? Or should it just be a straight 10 minute sin bin? as defining whether it's a sin bin is hard enough, let alone deciding whether it would be a minor or major.

I also think it may end some of those 'soft' reds we get, for things like an unintentional studs up challenge, which these days seems to warrant a red, although most say it should only be a yellow, maybe the blue could be the answer...


I'm all for it, I hope they try it out more and more and hopefully it works out.