Michael Oliver. 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. ****ing brilliant.
Could just as easily work in our favour. "rather soft-looking penalty" is probably the understatement of the century.
