Showing my age but ye gods, would these lot have survived football in the 70s or 80s?

May well be a yellow by today's rules, though honestly I think it was a bit harsh (but "you do see them given"), but football is not a non-contact sport.

Posted By: Old Man on January 30th 2021 at 14:51:51

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P.s. I'm very much in the joke of a sending off camp! (NCFC) - JD3, Jan 30, 14:41:49
- Showing my age but ye gods, would these lot have survived football in the 70s or 80s? (NCFC) - Old Man, Jan 30, 14:51:51
  - Should you only get a card after you've injured someone? (n/m) (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Jan 30, 14:52:52
    - No, but Emi was very obviously pulling out of that challenge (NCFC) - Old Man, Jan 30, 14:56:33
      - You can't really pull out when you lunge from metres away at the ball (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Jan 30, 14:58:13
    - Killed (n/m) (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 30, 14:54:20
      - It would certain help the games flow more (n/m) (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Jan 30, 14:58:39
        
        And afford a natural break for the undertakers to whisk the body away (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 30, 15:01:10
        
        Could make a real spectacle of it! Get them Ghanaian lads in ⚰️ (n/m) (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Jan 30, 15:19:52
        
        Tigers! (NCFC) - Partial Angler, Jan 30, 15:21:37
- 2 game suspension for that. Ridiculous. (n/m) (NCFC) - 51eve, Jan 30, 14:50:12
  - 1 game (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 30, 14:53:27
    - Won't it be two because it's his second sending off this season? (n/m) (NCFC) - mr carra, Jan 30, 14:55:11
      - no, 1 (NCFC) - Chris Peacock, Jan 30, 14:58:25
      - Yeah 1 game for what he did today (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 30, 14:56:58
        
        1.5 each (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Jan 30, 14:57:51
        
        That’s 3 (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 30, 15:03:08
        
        Exactly (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Jan 30, 15:05:13
  - It's not a two game suspension for that. (n/m) (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Jan 30, 14:51:55
  - Absolutely, the law is an ass (n/m) (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 30, 14:50:57
    - Everbody is against us... (n/m) (NCFC) - promethian1, Jan 30, 14:51:38
      - He misses 2 games for pulling out of a tackle? (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 30, 14:55:16
- I think that's a foul 99.99% of the time but not a yellow. (n/m) (NCFC) - Huge Small, Jan 30, 14:46:44
  - Myself and tricky immediately said he was probably off (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 30, 14:57:45

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