IMO, a black card should be for instances where a player makes zero effort to tackle rather than when he just makes a poor tackle
I think bringing in the black card was necessary and has overall helped the game but maybe it needs refining a little bit now that we see how's it's implemented. It certainly has stopped the more obvious third man tackles and blocking off runs (although Cavan were getting away with that quite a bit of Saturday).
However, I agree with this above that it needs to be a bit more balanced in that yes it was a foul and maybe even a yellow but was it cynical? Was the player DEFINITELY trying to stop the player in purpose with no attempt to win the ball. I think most of Petey's ones were frees but I don't think you can say it was totally cynical as in trying to close out the game or drag down a man when he has already turned and beaten you? Often it was more clumsy and got his legs in the wrong place.
I can understand to a degree that Cavan had to get in Tyrone's faces and let them know they meant business which they definitely did and of course this came from their management panel. Those who know Mickey Harte know he's no angel and whilst he might not be telling players to dive, of course like any good manager he will be telling them to get stuck in and like you see in the big games like Mayo v Dublin, there will be all sorts going on.
As I said last week, I think the top 6 (or so) teams are at a very different level to those under them like Cork, Meath and Roscommon (dangerous to say I know). They just seem to suffocate those teams and make it very hard for them to get scores and then pick them off with much easier scores.
I'd say teams like Cavan, Monaghan and the Rossies must be fed up meeting Tyrone most years. Maybe Rossies will finally take their chance this weekend.
