'It's not helping the game' - The Soccer Saturday panel discuss proposed blue card introductions

The most stupid idea, since the last one

How does it work if a goalie gets a blue card.

If you dive you should get a rainbow card. 🌈

It doesn't make sense that its blue... if its a card for an offence thats more serious than a yellow, but not serious enough for a red...surely the card should be orange?!?

they cant get things right now. dont giv em more to do ffs!!!

Imagine your goalkeeper receive a blue card

There are some sending off that’s very harsh, eg like Diogo Dalot receiving 2 yellow cards in 30 seconds, a goalie being yellow carded for failing to keep one feet on the line during a PK. What do the keeper already has a yellow card for a previous offense, so he gets sent off?

They just need to find a solution to all these injustices the yellow card brings

Sin bins don't slow the game down in Rugby, that's why they work. They will 100% slow the game down in football and lead to time wasting and more shithousery during the 10 minutes a team is a down a man

It's getting Americanized it's gonna be slowed down plz don't introduce a blue card

Instituting more laws into the game that allow for more arbitrary decision making and less consistency, there is no desire nor any need for this in our game and it will only make things more difficult for referees.

English ref already dump, they are not gonna be able to do it properly

They just dump

It we work period

Champions league is the best not the PL

Time to even remove red cards keep it to yellow only. 2 yellows you are sent off. No direct sending off.

They not destroying football . English referee as already destroyed the premier League

A smart way to promote the rainbow flag!😂😂😂😂 they seriously wanna kill the game.

change the rules change the game football is woke as now footballers ar just happy getting paid now now heart at all

I think the blue card could be applied after after the second yellow.
Like yellow + yellow= blue

Never liked the red after 2 yellows

Imagine an instance on the pitch and the ref does not see it, so VAR steps in and spends 5 minutes debating if the card should be yellow or blue... 🤦

Abolish VAR

This VAR has got it right 96% of the times inaccurate to… incidents haven’t even been checked many times and that doesn’t go into the right or wrong percentage.
It’s like VAR pick and chooses what to look at, it feels like it’s not improving.
Keep goal like tech and ditch VAR and blue cards

How about fixing the Handball issue. They've made a right mess of it of supposedly simplifying it.

Theres nothing to discuss here other than NO !!! Leave our game alone!! And scrap Var while your at it its killing the game... football should be a ref, two linesmen and goalline technology and thats it !!! Im so angry with all this rubbish!

Surely decisions like this and VAR should be put to a fan vote, as no one wants either!

Hmm football bobo's how too fix VAR debacle and terrible refereeing and huge complaints by players,coaches,... I know we put in blue card whenever they complain you send them to bench for 10minutes. In future way less complaints VAR problem solved. Great thinking of those bobo's. Like that will fix the football.

Rules being brought in by who?..football people??
Nobody in the game wants this so the question is why and to what/who's benefit?.
Power grab and authoritarianism is now entering the world of sport and the only way it will continue is through acceptance and co operation from us..the people

They also said the same thing about VAR. Old people find it hard to adjust to new ideas.

As a 20 yr old, I feel like it's a great idea. I've seen players send off for double decent which is ridiculous

Three things that do need to be introduced. 1. No point for a nil all draw. 2. A minimum time off the pitch if you need medical help. To minimise time wasting. 3. Offside based on the position of the feet, instead any other part of the body. It will improve the game significantly.

Totally agree with Mike Dean. If you're going to show a blue card, you may as well show a yellow. Imo players may think of cynical fouls as a free pass now. Yeah you'll go off for 10-15 minutes but you come back with a clean record. Now you need an extra yellow and a red to get sent off. Stupid idea

I never thought id see the day i agreed with mike dean

Blue card is just gonna add more confusion to the game, refs cant even implement the current rules ,weather its down to corruption remains to be seen

I love how they talk about entertainment now. But when we say Moyes football is boring they say what you want entertainment or results.

Football has sold its soul.

Brilliant idea can't come soon enough

Starting to hate football now

Rugby is a totally different game, the players hardly ever cheat for a start.

Blue Cards aren't needed and will just needlessly complicate things. The Yellow/Red card system is fine.

Var can’t and won’t be 100%

We do not want and need this

Rainbow cards should be given that allow the team to field an extra player if they identify as LGBTQ+

The game is blighted by subjective decisions that leave the door open for corruption or incompetence. Why add more chances for the referees to play hero or villain?

too much power from the Referee , destroy the match, PL referree has been shamefully unfair

If a goalkeeper gets a blue card?

What about cards for crap refs

Simple solution, refs dont use

All blue card will do is encourage the team with a man down to waste time and slow the game down. Not good for the game. Fans wil. Become frustrated.

So here is a scenario, let’s say it’s ten minutes to go, Man Utd vs Everton, united are 2-1 up Fernandes makes a tackle at 80 mins, gets a blue card, 3 mins later shaw makes a tackle, gets a blue card, 2 mins after that maguire does a tackle and gets a blue card, united are down to 8 men for the remainder of the game THEN WHAT??? It will be open season on these teams when it happens and it will!!!

Yes this is what you call making up the rules as you go along, typical.

The problem is, that a lot of these decisions are simply imposed on us from above, with no consideration as to whether the majority of people even want said changes.

IFAB is essentially just a bunch of self-appointed and self righteous ex refs and players, parading around like they somehow know best