[spireitematt]

If you watch the highlights of Newcastle vs Sunderland the red card and penalty was exact to our game against Scunny. What I find odd is the law states if a player is brought down by the last man when he's through on goal in a goal scoring opportunity then its a straight red card fair enough but if a player is in the box and has no sight on goal and is brought down how is that a red card it should be a yellow at least and a penalty. It's a very grey area and needs to be looked at. Another thing which needs to be looked at is opposition players chasing the referee to get a player sent off they brought in a rule where the captain is the only one allowed to speak to the referee but that looks like its gone by the by. I believe the rule they have in rugby should apply in football where the referee gets the two captains together and speaks to them when there has been a stop in play or a challenge. I also agree with you Pooch, scrap the yellow card and have a sin bin and sit out for 5 minutes and if you get 4 sin bins over several games then you are banned for 1 game. If you get two sin bins in 1 game it should be a straight red.