Imaginary Card Waving : Fri Jun 11, 2021 11:52 am  

Need to nip that in bud ASAP. Lot of it going on last night and even Hicks pulled the captains at one point. Anyone doing so should get binned. Simple as that. No room for it in our game. Ganson wouldn't of stood for it!!

Re: Imaginary Card Waving : Fri Jun 11, 2021 11:56 am  

I agree, anyone calling for someone to be carded should be carded themselves so get yourself sat down in the sin bin for 10 mins.

Re: Imaginary Card Waving : Fri Jun 11, 2021 12:57 pm  

Longbarn Wire wrote:

Need to nip that in bud ASAP. Lot of it going on last night and even Hicks pulled the captains at one point. Anyone doing so should get binned. Simple as that. No room for it in our game. Ganson wouldn't of stood for it!!

Absolutely. Unfortunately it's just one example of the gamesmanship that is more and more creeping into the sport. The one I hate is players staying down with an 'injury' when there's a drop-out, just to give their side a rest. Hardly subtle, but referees are so weak that they allow it. The game only ever used to stop for an obviously serious injury, but now it's stoppage after stoppage.

Re: Imaginary Card Waving : Fri Jun 11, 2021 1:23 pm  

mailman wrote:

I agree, anyone calling for someone to be carded should be carded themselves so get yourself sat down in the sin bin for 10 mins.

Toby King did it on more than one occasion in the semi!

Re: Imaginary Card Waving : Fri Jun 11, 2021 1:25 pm  

Hull used to be experts.

Re: Imaginary Card Waving : Fri Jun 11, 2021 1:27 pm  

The Speculator wrote:

Hardly subtle, but referees are so weak that they allow it. The game only ever used to stop for an obviously serious injury, but now it's stoppage after stoppage.

I'd imagine that referees are under instruction regarding player welfare to stop the game as appropriate to allow treatment - the fault if gamesmanship is taking advantage of this is with the players and coaching staff themselves, not the referees.

Re: Imaginary Card Waving : Fri Jun 11, 2021 6:27 pm  

mailman wrote:

I agree, anyone calling for someone to be carded should be carded themselves so get yourself sat down in the sin bin for 10 mins.

The ref could call that player's bluff by faking to go in his pocket to get out his card and instead pulling out his middle finger at the guy who called for the card to come out.

Re: Imaginary Card Waving : Fri Jun 11, 2021 6:33 pm  

sally cinnamon wrote:

The ref could call that player's bluff by faking to go in his pocket to get out his card and instead pulling out his middle finger at the guy who called for the card to come out.

Be a good one for "what happens next" on question of sport

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Imaginary Card Waving : Fri Jun 11, 2021 7:04 pm  

its defnitely annoying, our lass gets quite annoyed at me when i wave an imaginary card at her on her birthday(valentines, anniversary etc)