sm1979

I'll try to make this as brief as possible.

You know when a commentary line comes up in match saying "Player X is furious that a penalty wasn't given for blahdy blah blah". Then it comes up after the game about controversy in the match. Is there anything good about this feature? Firstly we cant tell if it should or shouldn't have been a penalty or not. We don't get to see a real life reply before we complain. And then it seems that the officials never get decisions wrong. All it takes is a couple of complaints and then you have a touchline ban anyway.

It could be a nice feature, but I see it as more of a hindrance and just put "no comment" for everything.

gunnerfan

The problem with a feature like this is that it you can't see a direct correlation between your action (complaining or not complaining) and future events (getting more/fewer call going against you). That, in and of itself, is very realistic, assuming that your actions have any impact at all. Unfortunately, unless SI tells you what that impact is, you begin to sense that there isn't any.

OTOH, if SI does tell you the impact, it becomes one more thing that you can choose to do or not do based on an outcome that you know has been predetermined, which immediately makes the feature less realistic.

The only thing I can say about it is that my experience has been that the more I say, "the referee got the call right", the more the game seems to tolerate my occasional outbursts at the officials. Also, how you respond could have an effect on team morale in the short term, depending on the personalities of the players.

I'd like it a lot if SI would let us know that responding to these situations can have an impact on the game, without telling us what that impact is.