Martin Taylor deserves more than just a 3 match suspension.

 In an ideal football game, two yellow cards amount to a red card and a suspension from the next two games, in the case of a straight red card it is usually 3 games suspension. But shouldn’t there be extra punishment for grave offences that also usually lead to a three game suspension? Imagine, a player that ends a fellow player’s career with a serious tackle getting the same punishment with one who pushes the referee away or is involved in a fist fight with other players, is there any justice? This season, the English Football Association has tried to clamp down on two footed tackles with referees given strict rules to brandish a red card every time a two-footed challenge has been made. Already players like Ricardo Carvalho, Mikel Obi, have been dismissed for those challenges. In the case of Carvalho’s tackle on Gabriele Agbonlahor, he deserved the red card and a 3 game suspension that ensued but for Martin Taylor to get the same punishment, is completely nonsensical. The guy ... (link)