On this week’s show we debate the merits of adding a blue card to the game of football. Will it result in a better product and how will it be implemented?
Joining Angus and Ben are FIFA Referee and Rules Analyst, Christina Unkel, and CBS Football Reporter, James Benge.
Fabrizio Romano joins as always to update the Mbappe to Real Madrid saga and how Liverpool plan to replace Jurgen Klopp.
Blue cards can 'only' be negative for football. More cards = more controversy = more unhappiness within the game, the issues are... For ten mins you'll have one team playing negative football as they defend the power play (this often makes ice hockey & rugby very one sided and boring when players are sin binned), football is best 11v11... Everybody wants to watch football being played 11v11... Also what happens when a goalkeeper gets blue carded?? Do we have to sub them? Do we play without keepers? Has this 'trial' even been thought through properly?? I don't like it, IFAB's idea to confuse a simple game into chaotic crappiness is really underwhelming for the future of football!