In my game yesterday, I red carded a sub for shouting at me ‘you’re a cheat, you’re a f’ing cheat’. However this happened while the ball was in play. Once the ball had gone out I stopped the game, looked over to the bench and saw him taking his shirt off and crouching behind a group of players. Deciding against walking around the group, I walked about 10 yards to the bench, showed the red and said to the manager ‘that’s for XXXX’.
The player has since messaged me on Facebook (groans) and said he’s going to appeal because
- I didn’t take his name (I know his name, I actually used to play football with him)
- I didn’t tell him why I’d sent him off
- I just flashed the card ‘randomly’
I’ve told the player I’m not going to discuss it and blocked him but I’m now questioning how I could have dealt with this differently. Any ideas?
The player has since messaged me on Facebook (groans) and said he’s going to appeal because
- I didn’t take his name (I know his name, I actually used to play football with him)
- I didn’t tell him why I’d sent him off
- I just flashed the card ‘randomly’
I’ve told the player I’m not going to discuss it and blocked him but I’m now questioning how I could have dealt with this differently. Any ideas?