Monaghan manager Eamonn McEneaney says sin-binning could deter the 'third man in'.

When asked about Cork manager Conor Counihan's recent suggestion that all players who get involved in argy-bargy should be lined, the former Louth boss told the Examiner that there is merit in the idea of using a sin bin to punish offenders of this nature:

"Fellas do things in the heat of the moment they shouldn't do. Striking, a box in the head, a kick, they're well covered in the rules and the players have to walk.

"But in terms of pushing and shoving and the third man in, the sin bin idea could work. If a team loses two men all of a sudden they're down to 13 and that makes them think twice. No manager wants to be down to 13 men.

"The third man in is getting punished now and the original incident is not getting dealt with.

"When you see players who are committing fouls for the fifth or sixth time in the game and they're still on the pitch you have to ask what is going on.

"We all know the type of players who are being consistently fouled. You want the game to be hard but what some of them have to put up with is unacceptable especially when you have two linesmen, four umpires as well as the referee.

"Referees, by and large, are trying to stamp it out but they need more support in relation to what they're doing. Their hands are tied in some cases and, again, the sin bin idea is one way of helping them." Tweet

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