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Sunday, September 25, 2011

He pulled his shirt Warnock. Foul, penalty.

It's always a pleasure to see Premier League new boys QPR on television. The only downside is that I have to listen to the deranged ranting of Neil Warnock after the game. Today he - and most of the assembled geniuses on Sky - condemned one of the league's brightest young refs for giving a penalty to Aston Villa when Armand Traore tugged back Agbonlahor. WRONG! It was a foul; in the penalty area. Penalty. And Warnock, who I hope had earned himself a touchline ban, then invited himself back onto Sky to deliver a further rant against referee Michael Oliver for daring not to give QPR two penalties for handballs. Again, Warnock, and Sky, you're wrong. They were not deliberate handballs.
"We are all disappointed with the referee decisions but we responded in the right way. [Referee] Mike Oliver is a young referee and you have got to ask certain questions of him. For their penalty, not one Aston Villa supporter appealed. Referees should be seen and not heard and the official made it all about him today, which is a shame because he took away from what was a good performance from us." So spake Warnock, a man who at first appears to be intelligent but disabuses people of that notion as soon as he speaks.

In fact, Oliver gave an excellent performance.

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