Personally I would have avoided the sin bin, especially if it’s against the goalkeeper it just causes more hassle than it’s worth. The fact that it’s in the 2nd minute as well means that for the next 88 minutes I would have to remain consistent on sin binning for dissent, which I find causes more issues.Yesterday i reffed blue v reds adults game.
In the 2nd minute i gave offside against a blue player. Ball is dead at this point.
Blues goalkeeper shouts from his goal line (80 yards away roughly) "that's never offside ref. Have a word with the lino".
How would the goalkeeper have any credible view - anyway.
I get to the keeper and sin binned him as i don't think the stepped approach as being right here. You cannot get away with that behaviour IMHO.
Firstly would anybody have done anything different here?
Secondly the correct restart was the offside free-kick - not a IDFK from the goalkeeper - right?
There were no more cards in the game and the keeper was big enough to apologise after.
I would not have even given the goalkeeper a response, ignore it, if the behaviour continues throughout ask the captain to keep him sweet, and then after that, take disciplinary action. You learn by your experiences and overtime you will build up a tolerance, I’m at a point now where I’m able to absorb a lot of flack from players, and I find the stepped approach to dissent with the co-operation of the team captains works well, yes the odd sin bin after I find the diplomatic approach hasn’t worked, but by that point it shows players that I will take action after warnings given.
I would be interested in hearing what other referees think of letting a player off for an OFFINABUS offence, as I had this in a tight quarter final, and I didn’t want to make the game about me or influence the result. Somehow I feel that typing this I will get told off for even dignifying this suggestion.