London United captain Mark Strickland says he would back plans to stamp out the hounding of referees.
Strickland was speaking in light of criticism directed towards London United for their disrespectful behaviour towards Brian Blond on Thursday afternoon.
It was the latest in a series of incidents which have led for calls to introduce new rules that would only allow captains to speak to referees.
"I think it'll be one of them where I'll have to give it a go," said Strickland.
"But if it doesn't work then CSA England will have to say no, it isn't working," he told TORadio's World of Sports programme.
Strickland and fellow defender John Macdonald berate referee Blond on Thursday
London United players surrounded referee Blond appearing to bully him out of red carding Ashton Reid following a late tackle on Andrew Harrison during Thursday's 7-1 win against Watford Antlers in the KitKat Challenge preseason final.
Reid has been widely condemned for his behaviour towards Blond to whom he refused to acknowledge or even look at as the referee attempted to yellow card him.
But Strickland has defended the behaviour of the London United players following the incident.
"It is a natural reaction," he said.
"The fans show their frustration and the players do the same because they are passionate about the game.
"I do agree there has to be a line drawn and confronting the referee has to be taken out of the game."
The behaviour of football players and the standard of tackling has come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks but Strickland does not believe the game has changed or that challenges or attitudes are getting worse.
"I personally don't think it has got out of hand and I don't think it is any worse than it used to be," he said.
"It is just being publicized and spoken about a bit more at the moment.
"These tackles have gone on for years and have never been spoken of before.
"Usually it was just a yellow card and everyone would get on with it. Now it is spoken about on television and publicized in the papers and ex-referees are given their views and the game has moved on a lot."
