Carlisle United boss Chris Beech said the “constant screaming” by Newport’s players is not something he would want his own team to do.

The Blues head coach spoke out about the home side’s antics in yesterday’s 0-0 draw.

Beech felt some of the behaviour of Exiles players was “disappointing”.

He felt ref Lee Swabey handled much of it well but could have nipped certain aspects in the bud by issuing early bookings.

He said: “There was a lot of screaming going on. It’s [something] in the modern game which I’m not happy about.

“They’ve got some people and players that have been round the track and played higher and been promoted, so they know how to wear the referees down.

“It’s almost like they have no conscience and keep doing it. So unless it’s booked, it carries on.

“There’s no real constraint to say ‘stop it’ unless he’s booked for it.

“But I was pleased with the ref tonight; [he was] very good in terms of not always giving the screaming, shouting, diving things that are going on.

“It’s not nice to hear but they do it. Their skipper [Joss Labadie]’s gone down more on the floor in the first 10 minutes – and he’s a great player – whether he wins it or doesn’t win it, constantly screaming for [things].

“I’ll be honest, I think the ref’s pretty aware of it and hopefully they’ll clamp down on it stronger and make the game fairer.

“I don’t want to teach our players to play that way, I really don’t.”

Incidents in the first half included a contentious yellow card for Lewis Alessandra, as Newport's Josh Sheehan rolled on the floor after a foul.

News and Star: Ref Lee Swabey books Carlisle's Lewis Alessandra at Newport (photo: Gareth Williams / AHPix)Ref Lee Swabey books Carlisle's Lewis Alessandra at Newport (photo: Gareth Williams / AHPix)

Home captain Labadie later went down holding his face after an aerial contest with Alessandra but referee Swabey did not take any action.

Beech contrasted such things with what he said were different attitudes when he played the game.

He added: “It’s disappointing to hear, because in my day, I played with a broken foot for three weeks.

“It was three weeks until the physio said, ‘let’s go for an x-ray’, and when I did I was told there was good and bad news – 'the bad news is it’s broken, the good news is, looking at the x-ray, it was three-and-a-half weeks ago so you’ve only got another two weeks for rehab'.

“I don’t know what goes on now. The ref tried to not get sucked in. If he books early doors it stops it but he didn’t. He did very well though.”

Beech said he had been “frustrated” to see United’s Jack Armer do something similar “two or three times” in Saturday’s draw at Barrow.

He added: “Jack did it a little bit after he scored. He’d never done it before, and he got Barrow’s bench a little bit annoyed.

“I don’t like it. If you can try and gain an advantage from prominent moment you’ve got to help the ref out, but I don’t know…I don’t want our players having sore throats, I want them to have sore feet from running hard.”