It’s absolutely fucking daft that e.g. niasse got a 2 game ban for a soft but debatable penalty where, if he hadn’t got a second booking later, that Cardiff lad wouldn’t have had any real punishment for the tackle on sane.
Completely filters down to Sunday league too, where you only see bookings for handballs, occasionally swearing, keepers taking someone down, or defenders pulling a striker down when they’ve been turned, while properly dangerous stuff gets let go all the time.
Really dislike the way it’s framed that things which are essentially assault are more honest or whatever than a dive, or waving an imaginary card or whatever.