Scarr was one of seven Argyle players to receive a booking in the 0-0 draw against West Bromwich Albion, and as a result, the Football Association will punish him.
Steven Schumacher thought Plymouth Argyle showed a more ‘streetwise’ approach as they battled out a 0-0 draw with West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns.
The visitors had seven of their players yellow-carded by referee Stephen Martin during the Championship match, and six of them were for fouls, with three coming from the 84th minute onwards.
Returning goalkeeper Mike Cooper, who was playing his first match in eight months after recovering from a serious knee injury, was booked by Martin for time-wasting at a goal kick in the closing stages.
Scarr was booked for the fourth time in 12 Championship appearances this season, 10 of which have been starts, in the 50th minute for a trip on West Brom midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah just a few yards outside the Argyle penalty area.
It means the 28-year-old defender is running the risk of a one-match suspension in the coming weeks. Should he get one more yellow card by the end of the 19th league game of the campaign – against Stoke City at Home Park on December 2 – that ban will come into effect.
Argyle’s total of seven bookings against West Brom came after they had picked up 16 yellow cards in the first 11 Championship fixtures of 2023/24.
Schumacher said: “I thought we were more streetwise, which is what we spoke about (during the international break).
“If we are a young team who are just nice to play when you have got the ball and exciting to watch going forward, but you are a little bit soft and don’t give fouls away on the other side then you are not going to pick up any points in the Championship.
We requested that there be no careless fouls, which I don’t believe we received. I’ve lost count of how many times it has occurred to us this season, and it’s about learning and waking up to the division we are in. We received fouls where the players were away from us, and we had to stop the attack.
“If we allow good players to flee from you, they frequently make the right pass to get back to you and score. That’s why we quit. Okay, I don’t want seven yellow cards in every game, but if it’s necessary to achieve a goal, then so be it.
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