Gabriel
Serial whistler
In a match I refereed on Sunday, the away team scored a goal in first half stoppage time to go 1-0 up (won 4-0), and the home manager was absolutely adamant that there was a foul throw and a foul on the keeper in the build up. I couldn't see the foul throw incident due to there being 6/7 players between me and the thrower, so it was impossible to tell (benefit of doubt to attacker here), and the foul on the keeper was actually 100% a foul on the attacker for which I played advantage. At half-time, the CAR starting moaning, so I ignored him as they are not there to advise me on fouls etc, nor are they qualified to tell me I got something wrong, and then when I turned around the home team manager was stood directly behind me and proceed to rant about the goal. In law, I know I should (or at least could) have sent him off for this, but in order to avoid all hell breaking loose, I walked away without punishing him. Should I have taken the hit on the potential Mass Con and RCd him or did I manage this effectively?