Quote Originally Posted by Ragatino View Post
Fouls inside the box compared with outside.

It's cheating and breaking the rules no matter where it is on the pitch and should be penalised as such!
Exactly this. Whether or not it influences the run of the game, it is cheating and should be stamped out. A couple of yellows early in the game would soon stop it.

Imagine an inlfuential play maker from one of the so called "big six" getting sent off in the first few minutes of a game for a second yellow for what was an innocous shirt tug by an alert ref.

That would stop it on the spot.