Everton manager Marco Silva has been given a handful of days to appeal the FA’s decision to charge him with improper conduct following his side’s defeat away at Newcastle United on Saturday afternoon.
The FA confirmed via their spokesperson Twitter account that the Toffees boss was found to have breached the rules after he launched a verbal tirade towards referee Lee Mason and his assistants after full time at St James’ Park, having seen his side let a two goal lead slip to lose 3-2.
[1/2] Marco Silva has been charged with a breach of FA Rule E3 following the Premier League game against Newcastle United on Saturday [09 March 2019]. pic.twitter.com/r99xOolhww
— FA Spokesperson (@FAspokesperson) March 11, 2019
[2/2] It is alleged the Everton manager’s behaviour on the field of play at the end of the fixture amounts to improper conduct. He has until 18:00 on Thursday [14 March 2019] to respond to the charge.
— FA Spokesperson (@FAspokesperson) March 11, 2019
It is stated that Silva has until Thursday 14 March to make the crunch decision either to accept or appeal the charge, after which he will face his punishment or an appeals panel.
Opinion
Managers seem to have to be treading on eggshells around referees now, especially after Mauricio Pochettino was handed a two game ban and a fine for his furious confrontation of Mike Dean. Silva was hardly in the same ballpark as his Argentinian counterpart in terms of fury on Saturday afternoon but the truth of the matter is any sort of aggression will not be tolerated by the FA. The Everton boss does not really have much of a let to stand on after berating Mason and the other officials at St James’ Park and should accept the charge to try and get a lesser punishment. The fact is that managers are under more scrutiny than ever and should avoid putting themselves further into the spotlight with incidents involving referees. The FA are always going to come down on the side of the officials and if there is even the slightest hint of wrongdoing, the manager is going to find themselves punished.