Sentence:  For that Smalling will have to do his time grazing in the scapegoat's paddock because his contribution here supplied hard evidence of a player lacking the football intelligence that is needed at the highest level. He has <WSD>previous</WSD> on that front and it is difficult to find any mitigation for the way he scythed down James Milner when the first rule for a defender on a yellow card is not to dive in unless it is absolutely necessary. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a track record of similar behaviour.