I am tired of Marcelo Balboa.

After a Ghanaian tackle from behind produces a yellow card from Markus Merk (considered one of the best 3 or 4 refs in the world...coincidence he's been assigned this game?) Balboa repeated yet again how he feels the ref shouldn't card right away, but should give a stern talking-to.

My question: How is this different from saying "All players should get one ugly tackle without consequence"?

Just a few minutes later, after a hand-ball yellow that I disagreed with, Balboa said "A yellow card changes the way these guys play!"

Exactly. That's the point of a yellow card! What's wrong with that?