Yellow Cards

[davieG]

A sign of a more robust approach?

 

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/enzo-maresca-booked-southampton-three-8760205

 

City have received 17 yellow cards in the Championship this season, the fifth-highest total in the division, and there are a trio of players who have already racked up three each: Harry Winks, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, and Jannik Vestergaard.

Having been booked three times in six games, those three now have to avoid picking up two yellow cards across City’s next 13 Championship fixtures, otherwise they will be handed a one-match suspension.

 

Stephy Mavididi and Abdul Fatawu have received two yellow cards in the Championship, while Callum Doyle, Mads Hermansen, Ricardo Pereira, and Yunus Akgun have all received one each.

[hackneyfox]

A number have been for disagreeing with officials, Two for KDH and one for Winks?

[An Away Move]

1 minute ago, hackneyfox said:

A number have been for disagreeing with officials, Two for KDH and one for Winks?

The refereeing has been substandard, but they need to learn not to rise to it. Easier said than done, especially with the one re: Winks. That ref was horrendous!

[Finnegan]

It's not about being robust and physical it's just a byproduct of making more challenges. 

 

Rodgers had us disengage, stand off, hold shape and not press. We weren't really fit enough to press overly effectively and so we played in a more passive block. 

 

Maresca wants us to defend on the front foot and engage far more proactively. It means you're going to make more tackles which means inherently you're also going to commit more fouls. I don't think we're any dirtier we're just less passive. 

[StriderHiryu]

It's a sign of aggressive pressing and tactical fouls. This helps win the ball back faster, or stopping attacks becoming dangerous by hauling players down before they cross the halfway line, just like Man City do.

 

For most teams it might be a concern, as some players will miss games. But because we have the best squad in the division it's a way to abuse that fact by getting away with things in games and not be too affected because players that come in are almost just as good as players that are suspended.

[The Quick Brown Fox]

There's also signs of the tactical fouls that we have so badly been lacking, Winks pulling someone back because they've got past him is an example, before that player would have been Plowed to run into the edge of our box. 

 

Much better. 

[Mike Oxlong]

Don’t mind the ones for a sneaky pull back to stop a threatening break as that seems part and parcel of the game that is used against us by opponents but picking them up for back chat is pretty silly and may contribute to suspensions later in the season 

[dmayne7]

2 hours ago, Finnegan said:

It's not about being robust and physical it's just a byproduct of making more challenges. 

 

Rodgers had us disengage, stand off, hold shape and not press. We weren't really fit enough to press overly effectively and so we played in a more passive block. 

 

Maresca wants us to defend on the front foot and engage far more proactively. It means you're going to make more tackles which means inherently you're also going to commit more fouls. I don't think we're any dirtier we're just less passive. 

Yeah and we were fantastic at that 

[jammie82uk]

3 hours ago, davieG said:

Abdul Fatawu have received two yellow cards in the Championship,

Quite an impressive feat for a winger who has played less then an hour of football 

[volpeazzurro]

4 hours ago, Finnegan said:

It's not about being robust and physical it's just a byproduct of making more challenges. 

 

Rodgers had us disengage, stand off, hold shape and not press. We weren't really fit enough to press overly effectively and so we played in a more passive block. 

 

Maresca wants us to defend on the front foot and engage far more proactively. It means you're going to make more tackles which means inherently you're also going to commit more fouls. I don't think we're any dirtier we're just less passive. 

Spot on and long may it continue. We have enough of a squad to drop in for the odd game if a short one match suspension is forthcoming. 

[Lambert09]

2 hours ago, Mike Oxlong said:

Don’t mind the ones for a sneaky pull back to stop a threatening break as that seems part and parcel of the game that is used against us by opponents but picking them up for back chat is pretty silly and may contribute to suspensions later in the season 

in fairness the bar of what’s allowed has significantly been changed this season. It will take some getting used to 

[LinekersLugs]

Ger into em ….. F**k em up 

 

[Dan]

Excellent work. We should be targeting 150 this season. Falling short of that but certainly progress from previous years!

[sacreblueits442]

21 hours ago, The Quick Brown Fox said:

There's also signs of the tactical fouls that we have so badly been lacking, Winks pulling someone back because they've got past him is an example, before that player would have been Plowed to run into the edge of our box. 

 

Much better. 

...very much the dark arts have come to the fore!!!

  You recognise what is being done and you understand why there was a "tug" or a deliberate stepping across an attacker, making little effort to try and win the ball. Didn't like to see it with the big clubs and not keen seeing us adopting the same policy.

 It is seen as an acceptable part of the game, and most would always have viewed it as the big clubs getting away with things. I always wanted it stamped out, as it appeared they were taking it in turns to commit the foul and still keep everyone on the pitch.

  It might be interesting if cumulative yellow cards could but the next bad foul into a sin bin situation for 3 minutes.