FORMER MANCHESTER UNITED manager Alex Ferguson has revealed Uefa is looking into the prospect of using a ‘sin bin’ during matches.
In sports including rugby league, rugby union and ice hockey, players are ordered to spend time off the field for offences that are not deemed serious enough to warrant them being dismissed for the entirety of the match.
Uefa coaching ambassador Ferguson is keen to stamp out simulation, which he described as a “disease” in football.
And Ferguson, who is hosting Uefa’s annual coaches’ meeting in Nyon, said the potential introduction of a ‘sin bin’ was being discussed by the governing body.
“We couldn’t get to an agreement about it because it’s such a controversial decision to change from what we know to a sin bin, but there was a good discussion about it,” Ferguson said.
“From Uefa’s point of view, it’s something that they’re looking at. It has some merits — in particular simulation by a player which has become a disease within the game.”
Ferguson also offered his view on the extravagant spending from English clubs in the recently completed transfer window. Premier League sides splashed the cash, investing more than €1bn on signing players, with Ferguson’s old club the top-spending outfit in Europe.
In a bid to return to former glories, United spent an estimated €200 million on bringing in Angel Di Maria, Ander Herrera, Luke Shaw, Marcos Rojo, Daley Blind and Radamel Falcao.
Ferguson was a vocal critic of Manchester City’s spending sprees in the past but declined to criticise his former club.
“My own personal opinion is that it’s never going to change,” he added. ”The world’s progressing all the time, with transfer fees keeping up with it.
“I don’t know if there’s an end to it, fortunately I’m not in the hub of that now, but it’s an amazing number, the amount spent now.”
Unless it’s completely cynical, the last man tackle if mistimed currently gets a red card and a 3 game ban which is too harsh particularly if there’s a penalty given. Sin bin would be perfect for that situation
Yes the last man back in the box tackle gets a triple punishment. Most likely a goal from the resulting penalty, team plays rest of the match with 10 men and player is suspended for next match. Too harsh.
Just the next match if he’s lucky! Sometimes he gets the 3 game ban
Agreed joe. It should be a pen and 10 mins in the bin.
This would seriously change the game. Would it be abused?, deliberately take the guy down, knowing they could miss the penalty, and goalie or defender would be back on in 10 minutes….. would change the thinking….. got to be very careful how to implement changes, try to cover every possible scenario where it would be abused….
Has he any ideas for dealing with hot head managers that are also ruining the game.
hot head managers aren’t ruining the game.
My god…
Sin Bins, foam spray, 6 match day officials… Get with the times lads!
Sin bin to be fair is not bad idea but
Just get technology in and allow 3 appeals per team for any decision they feel aggrieved about, be it an off the ball clash, a deliberate foul that could affect a goal, a bad offside call and so on. Game wouldn’t be slowed down one bit.
Also, immediate sin bin for protesting to referee or linesman, no excuse for players doing it. It’s terrible to see really.
Problem here is if a team has appealed 3 times then the opponents will feel they can now get away with things. Sin bin is an ideal I’m all for trying out at least. I can’t think of one player I haven’t seen dive.
“Get away with things”?
What’s the referee there for exactly? The appeals are suggested to ease the burden on refs and cut out such high profile errors on their behalf which affect the outcome of the result.. Easy.
Think this will spark up more controversy for tv pundits. a team losing a match because they say the player was wrongly sin binned when a goal w as scored. nothing ever easy in top flight football
Getting a man sent off often doesn’t lead to a change in the result at the time of the sending off. This will just lead to the team who have a man sent off playing really defensively for the 10 minutes.
At least with a sin bin the team who is fouled against gains the advantage. It can actually be a double punishment if say Chelsea and Arsenal are in the hunt for the title with two games to go against the same team. Best player gets booked in last minute and missed the last game of the season.
That’s not how sin bins work. You get binned and you spend 10 mins off the pitch, you don’t miss the next match.
I think you missed Mick’s point.
As a ref I’d use sin bin for things like deliberate hand ball on the line. Give peno and offending player sin binned.
No sin bin just have a panel look at game and either rescind a card given to a player that has been booked for a foul or lack of one and give out a card to the person simulating . Spray is good and get rid if two officials behind the goals they don’t do anything anyway.
Is it just me who likes playing pure 90mins of football,no sinbins 3 recalls all that bs just get on the field and play the 90minutes,diving happens it’s part of the game,unfortuantly.
No, it should be the way you said, but cynicism has been taken to the extreme, and all of football is responsible for letting it get to this stage…..
Try Mrs Naughton there who looking for a reaction