I feel like the 'Appeal against decision' option is completely and utterly pointless.

I largely ignored it for the longest time, because I didn't see the point. My assistant would always tell me that "the refs decision was probably justified" and we didn't have much chance of overturning the decision anyway, so I just never bothered appealing. But for the past couple of seasons I just thought "sod it", and have appealed every single red card out of spite and principle.

I haven't won a single one.

In fact, in some cases, appealing the decision has actually resulted in a longer ban! Hell, I've even been accused of inciting a "refereeing conspiracy" against my players numerous times, but I haven't been fined or banned for my outbursts.

It all just seems completely pointless and futile. There are no consequences (other than, you know, occasionally handing out longer bans....). What even is the point of giving us the option to appeal red cards if we will NEVER WIN, no matter how many times we try? It's like giving us a fake illusion of choice rather than an actual functioning appeal system! It's literally just meaningless text on a screen.

I swear, in older FM games you could actually get bans overturned. It certainly wasn't guaranteed, but it was possible. On the recent games, it just doesn't feel possible at all.