Yellow cards

Yellow cards

These yellow card suspensions are definitely going to have an impact on the Phoenix (and other teams) this season.

Daniel's cards get nixed with his suspension I presume?

So, he's good for to deliver a few goals, plenty of goal assists, victories, before he accumulates another four cards.

I'll take it.

Yeah I guess you go back to zip after a suspension.

Does it work the same as with English football? I.e. the second time he reaches 4 yellows, is he suspended for two games - and when he reaches the 4 mark again (i.e. 12 for the season), suspended for 3 games?

sh*t I hope not!

I've always thought that suspension through accumulation of yellow cards (the number varies depending on the league) was one game only. Suspensions emanating from straight red cards can be longer, depending on the nature of the offence.

Checked the A-league web site, but can't find any info on suspensions, I wouldn't be surprised if the number of games missed goes up with each suspension.

 Daniel is staying on his feet more and hopefully his occasional enthusiastic actions won't be made a meal of by the refs, we certainly missed him on Friday.

I think Brown or Johnson can cover for Ross, and hopefully Clebo or Old can cover acceptably for Dodd

we certainly won't be the only ones with suspension problems as the season rolls on

It's key that none of the suspensions line up with AW games.

true

Newcastle Jets got 6 yellows dished out to them tonight!!!!

So it is a problem for other teams as well

Nah, pretty sure the threshold reduces after your first suspenision, so maybe it's three before a second ?

I should know these things as an FM researcher.

From the regulations PDF file held on the FFA site:

You're misinterpreting the rule mate. The threshold changes after the first suspension, but players don't get suspended for more than one game after accumulating the next batch of yellows.
The wording on the A-league website is a bit ambiguous, but what they mean is this:
If you get 10 yellow cards in the season, you will have been suspended for 3 games - first one game suspension after the first 4 yellows, second one game suspension after the next 3, and third one game suspension after the next 3. So 10 yellow cards means 3 games missed through suspension, but not consecutively; it does not mean the players get suspended for 3 games after getting 10 yellows in a season.

I would interpret the red card wording in the same way, although red cards are a bit different since they can result in a multiple match suspension in cases of particularly violent conduct. I could be wrong though.

Yeah there are listed in the regulations a set of additional punitive measures for particular offences such as violent conduct - as per our Griffiths thread!

Well, getting yellow cards might be much more dangerous than I first thought...

From the FFA:

every team has had a crap load of cards

Well, Ricki better drum it into all his players then that we dont want to see any wasteful yellows, such as holding on to the ball after a free kick is given or the ball has gone out, or needless dissent - just too much at stake, esp for Daniel and the playmakers

Brian Clough used to fine any player who got booked for dissent, as he said it was totally avoidable. If a player was to get booked, he wanted it to be for something meaningful.

All of Daniels yellows have basically been because the ref does not like him.

The first was after he got taken out in a late tackle and spent too much time on the ground.
The second was for a hard tackle, fair enough call but a bit harsh.
The third was for booting the ball into the stands when it was going over the sideline.
The fourth was for something that only the ref saw.

Sitting out a game for these offenses is a joke, I am fairly confident that he will get another three fairly quickly for petty calls.

The frustrating thing however is watching teams like the victory try to physically take him out of the game and not even get pulled up for it.

the fourth was a late tackle - ref let the play continue to give an advantage. I would say it was worth a yellow but someone like dr quack could give you a better breakdown of them Alistair2007-10-09 14:24:40

Cheers for clarifying this.el grapadura2007-10-09 17:09:00

Ask them if they can cite someone for bringing the game in to disrepute post match if a yellow was given for some other offense.  You might like to include a line telling them Joel Griffiths is a (&%^

I am starting to think Hard News has a bit of crush on Joel Griffiths.  I imagine if he sat behind him at school, he would have pulled his pigtails.....metophorically

it's great just the name joel griffith's can provoke HN and at least 3 or 4 of us others to new height s of libel and abuse (though i don't think it's libellous if it is true)

and that Kangaroo hopping celebration noted on wikipedia further confirms his terrifying connection to John Hopoate

and the little weasel played for Leeds - time for all rational thought to be abandoned