text: Inverness Cup hero Gary Warren has called for a change to the 'ridiculous' rule that will see him banned from a second final in successive seasons. Warren picked up his second booking of the competition in Sunday's Scottish Cup semi-final win over Celtic – meaning automatic suspension for the season finale on May 30. But the central defender, who also missed last year's League Cup Final for the same reason, says either the threshold should be raised – or all cards should be wiped from the record for any show-piece final. Inverness defender Gary Warren will miss the Scottish Cup final after picking up his second yellow card . Warren was shown a yellow card for this challenge on Celtic's James Forrest (right) during the semi-final . 'Having two bookings (as the limit) in a cup competition is ridiculous,' said Warren. 'Especially being a defender, it means you can't tackle - and that's part and parcel of being a defender, making challenges, making interceptions, making blocks. 'To have something like that taken away from you is a little bit gutting. I think it should be looked at. They should either increase the number of bookings needed to get a suspension - or, if you get to the final, wipe it out completely. 'Then it's fair for everyone, every team that gets to the semi-final, whoever is booked knows it's a clean slate for the final.' Warren knew instantly that he'd miss the final when ref Steven McLean rightly showed him a yellow card for hauling back James Forrest. More annoying for the 30-year-old is that his previous booking in the competition came for dissent, as he explaining: 'That was my own fault gobbing off to a referee. That's disappointing because I should have kept my mouth shut. It was against Partick Thistle, that's me getting frustrated and being too gobby to the referee. 'That hurts the most because this one was a tackle and a foul but the first one was a very silly booking. I'm 30 years old and I should know better. 'When you come into this game you always think about it and wonder what if - but if you start allowing it to play on your mind then you're going to pull out of tackles. I won't do that. Warren feels that the rule to have players suspended for amassing just two yellows is 'ridiculous' Celtic's Adam Matthews (right) slides in with a challenge on Nick Ross (left) during the Scottish Cup semi-final . 'After missing last year's final, I'm gutted again. It's just lady luck. You take it on the chin and move on.' Warren says he will definitely not be doing a John Terry and turning up in full kit to take part in any celebrations should Caley Thistle beat Falkirk in the final, saying: 'No, that's not me at all, no chance. I'll be in the background somewhere, in the stands. 'I suppose you kind of feel not part of it in the final but I'll still have a few beers. For the size of Inverness, as a small club, to get to a final for a second successive year is an unbelievable achievement. 'Everything is in our hands. We've got to bring back silverware for the way we' ve worked in the last three seasons.' Inverness' Edward Ofere scores his side's second goal during the 3-2 win over Celtic on Sunday . Inverness players celebrate David Raven's (second from right) winning goal against Celtic on Sunday .
target: Inverness' Gary Warren will miss the club's first-ever Scottish Cup final .
  Warren picked up his second yellow card of the Cup in the semi-final against Celtic and is therefore suspended for the showdown on May 30 .
  He was also suspended for the Scottish League Cup final last season .
  The defender believes the threshold for yellow card suspensions should be raised and is disappointed to be missing out on making history .