They don’t let the game go like they used
It’s an art though that has changed through the years. Back in the day, yellow cards were only for soccer; you could decapitate an opponent and the worst you’d incur was the man in black getting all Cyril Farrell or D’Unbelievables with you — “You can’t be doing that, lads!” — so mindful were they of the fate that befell John Gough after he got all John Wayne by sending off four men in the 1983 All-Ireland.
But what really distinguished the masters from the pretenders was the art of playing for the draw.
