Fernandes has been written to by the FA for his tweeting, excellent! http://www.westlondonsport.com/qpr/fa-contact-qpr-over-fernandes-tweet/
FA takes QPR to task over criticism of referee Michael Oliver The QPR manager, Neil Warnock, was unhappy with the referee Michael Oliver's performance in the 1-1 draw with Aston Villa. Photograph: Alex Morton/Action Images The Football Association has written to Queens Park Rangers requesting their observations about a tweet from the club's new owner, Tony Fernandes, on Sunday in which he branded Michael Oliver, the referee, "blind". Although it is understood that the letter is intended to serve as a warning and no sanctions will be imposed, English football's ruling body is also examining comments Neil Warnock made about Oliver after QPR's controverisal 1-1 draw with Aston Villa at Loftus Road on Sunday and may yet charge the home manager with bringing the game into disrepute. During the game Richard Dunne's injury-time own goal secured Warnock's by then 10-man team a point after they had fallen behind to a rather soft-looking Barry Bannan penalty and then seen Villa's Alan Hutton get away with apparently twice handling the ball in the area. While Warnock and Fernandes fumed, Shaun Wright-Phillips was, at least, revelling in his new life in west London. The 29-year-old former England winger, one of a number of signings made by Warnock after Fernandes bought the club late last month, has impressed since his transfer deadline day move from Manchester City and is not only relishing playing regular first-team football but no longer "hurting inside". "I am loving it and I think we're gelling quite well as a team," he said. "I go home happy and I look forward to training and the game again. I know how to prepare myself again; if you don't know when you are going to play, how do you focus on a game? "That's part of football, though, and if you are going to be at a big club you have to deal with it. I had it at Chelsea and Manchester City and you know it's not about yourself, it's a team game. "If you are hurting inside, you can't really show it because you want the team to do well. I was hurting inside because I am a footballer and I want to play but that's just the way it goes sometimes." Villa's manager, Alex McLeish, acknowledged that his team had considerable scope for improvement. "Our touch and passing was very poor up until half-time and thankfully we got a grip in the second half," he said. Asked about Bannan, he said: "I don't want to put too much pressure on the young players. The expectations at a club like Villa are that we should be higher up the table, winning games. "I will take the pressure off the young players. We have to try and make progress along the way, as steadily as possible. Barry has shown some bright moments in different positions." iReader http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/sep/26/fa-qpr-criticism-referee?newsfeed=true
Think the fa should be careful on this 1 can't imagine there's a awful lot of intrest in ref sponsorship and as they say you shouldn't bite the hand that feeds you
What about blind and incompetent referees bringing the game into disrepute?! I know the ref can only give what he sees etc but Warnock is right when he said 'my lads deserve better'. So do we, the long suffering fans. We can only hope that over 38 games these random events even out.
He's right. We wuz robbed. Imagine that though. Everyone round the world can see exactly what's going on in games and everyone can talk about the facts - barring those most affected. They've got to pretend it didn't happen!! Nothing new but what a farce when you think about it. Everyone moans about refs in the prem. It's a very high stakes competition and with all the investment and global scrutiny it should be camera'd up for accuracy like rugby, cricket, tennis etc.. Why leave it all down to human error and then moan about it week in year out?
To be honest Michael Oliver is normally not a bad Ref but made two howlers, both to the decrement of us. If a manager/Player/Owner can't comment on the game after the match whats the point of interviewing them and the ref was a big contributor to this match so will be discussed. Ok they may need to be careful in the way they put it but still surely a tweet talking about the major points in the game is fair.
I agree. This stupid rule about you not being able to say anything bad about the ref is ridiculous. If he has a bad game and makes wrong decisions of course the manager should be alowed to say something (within reason). If a player has a bad game everyone is allowed to criticise and the ref's get paid to do their job as well. Warnock certainly didnt go over the top so not sure what this warning is about really.
The FA would probably say, yes, you can criticise a referee's decision, but you can't demean him. Calling him blind, probably falls into the latter category.
Fernades just keeps getting better and better! Unlike some previous 'owners' I could mention he and his entourage stayed to the very end against Villa even when it looked certain we would lose. He was of course rewarded like the rest of us. And 'the ref was blind' comment shows he is as enthusiastic and passionate as any other supporter. We have really lucked out here.
