Quote Originally Posted by Penguin View Post
Blatant cynical fouls happen every week though and probably have done since football was invented. It will be pretty obvious what's happening the next time someone pulls someone back to stop a counter, so lets see if a red is issued the when that happens.
Would you be happy for players to get away with such challenges on us all the time and they go unpunished? Refs being consistent is a separate issue. But would you rather see refs be more lenient or strict? I'd welcome stricter punishments for such fouls because we're usually on the end of them. If this season we see more harsher punishments, I'd be OK with it. Xhaka is the only real liability in the squad.