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Published 15:33 23 Jul 2017 BST
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Murphy hits Walsh with a forceful challenge.
Certainly a foul.
Referee Anthony Nolan might argue that it was a trip.
But, Jesus, for God's sake...
A lot of the problems with the black card are definitely how they're being applied by officials.
They're reaching for cards when there's absolutely no need for them, it's like they don't consider that a talking to is an option. In too many other cases, deliberate acts of cynicism are overlooked because referees seem afraid to make such a harsh judgement for what sometimes seem like inconsequential fouls.
The application of the rule is of course one of the biggest issues when two of the five offences (verbals and remonstrating) are permanently ignored and the rest are open to inconsistent interpretation.
But the rule itself needs to be rewritten because if referees actually applied them as they should, it would be even worse.
The black card's purpose is to stop cynical play, it's not there to prevent bad fouls from head on in the opposition half when there's no sign of even an attack yet.
Take out the verbal element to the rules because they're never applied anyway. Add in a cynical foul - whether it's pull down or pull back because cynicism is bloody cynicism. And please, just please adopt a common sense approach as to what is a professional foul or not. Ask whether this could be cynical play and whether it is or not - that should be the first question before looking at the technicality of the foul. That's what it's there for.
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