THE BLACK CARD is here to stay in the GAA, according to Paraic Duffy.
The Director-General insists there will be no u-turn with the new disciplinary rule which has come into operation since the commencement of the pre-season competitions this month.
“Let one thing be clear; there can be no turning back. Indeed, the introduction of the black card can only be a beginning in the effort to allow Gaelic football achieve its full potential.
“Proponents of the black card argued that it will discourage many of the cynical fouls that disfigure the game and will penalise those for whom fouling has become an integral and instinctive part of their playing of the game.
“Teams who play football in the correct spirit have nothing to fear from its introduction and much will depend on how coaches want the game to be played. Referees will be under pressure, and there will be the inevitable clamour for an about-turn when players receive black cards in the early weeks of the Allianz Football League.
“There are too many fouls in most matches, persistent fouls goes relatively unpunished. There needs to be a penalty for players who routinely draw yellow cards in almost every game. The FRC has taken an important first step towards achieving these goals. It is now up to all of us to ensure that what Congress has agreed is implemented fully.”
Ashley Yonng never came across as the sharpest tool in the box
@Kieran: how is it dumb to keep trying to compete? He’s not saying they’ll be successful , just that he won’t give up trying. Real losers are the ones that quit. What would you do?
@Andrew Keane: thing is, United don’t try and compete. Especially not against good teams. They try not to lose.
@James Doyle: They competed against Chelsea!
@The Bunk: I said good teams….
But in fairness, they were at home against a team that has lost 3 out of the last 4, were beaten by 3 by both Watford and Bournemouth, and even then only “went for the win” with 30 minutes left, and Chelsea still had a goal incorrectly disallowed to equalize. It wasn’t all that great, really.
@Kieran: Tool? Yes. Sharp? No.
Ha.
Easy on the glue there Young ya gimp!
@glenn kilfeather: what do you expect him or anyone else put in that position to say ! Now who’s the ‘GIMP!’
@thatsnotme: Ashley Young
@thatsnotme: Ashley Young?
Playing to win? Is that what he calls turning out Jose’s patented 6-4-0 formation anytime United play a team in the top 6? Playing not to lose may get United tremendous results like a 0-0 at Anfield, or a 2-1 over an out of sorts Chelsea, but it does not a “title challenge” make. United have lost 16 points on Man City in 21 games. They were level after 7. That’s the opposite of “going to win every game”.
Deluded as the rest of them!
@Eoin McCarthy: why is he deluded?
@Andrew Keane: By thinking that United, or any team for that matter, might catch City at this stage.
New story on Young tomorrow, “Ashley Young fails drug test”
Dived in there Ashley
Well you hardly expect them to concede matches do you. Everyone else is playing for top 4 places since before Xmas.
Ah brilliant. You have to love Marlo Stanfields optimism. Hahahhah.
@England’s Envy: Careful now, or Young will get Chris and Snoop to put you up in those vacants.
@Alan J. McKenna: Haahaha McNulty will get their asS
You’re talking shiit Ashley….probably just returning what that bird dumped in your mouth that time though ha!
Clown
Hahahahahahahahaha…..lolololilolololololololol