Graham Poll on Warnock

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Anybody else read his article in the mail on Warnock? Completely childish IMO. Very quick to criticise Warnocks admittedly controversial management style, but he seems to have conveniently forgotten barging Tongey off of the ball and effectively costing us the semi finals, not to mention giving a player 3 yellow cards in 1 game! Total mug.
 



Graham Poll seems to make a lot of comments about Warnock. He clearly dislikes him. Ok we get that.

But Poll tries to justify his opinion as if he is more of a gentleman, whereas he actually comes across as a cock
 
Poll is a complete Twat! yeah 3 yellows in 1 game in the World cup of all things what a nob!
 
warnock is a bit of a bellend but poll is even worse.

its a bit like hitler calling nick griffin a nazi.
 
Poll makes reference to the 2003 semi-final where he says Warnock blamed him for our defeat, which he did. Poll took Tongey out of the game, with a challenge worthy of a yellow card, and Arsenal scored before we could touch the ball again.

In my view, a decent referee would have made sure a team didn't gain an advantage because of his intervention, but Poll justified his lack of action by saying the referee counts as part of the pitch. I never cared for a lot of Warnock's rants and he was often embarrassing, but I had some sympathy for him on that occasion, in particular where he said Poll came off the field laughing and probably believing he'd done a great job.
 
SwissBlade said:
Graham Poll seems to make a lot of comments about Warnock. He clearly dislikes him. Ok we get that.

But Poll tries to justify his opinion as if he is more of a gentleman, whereas he actually comes across as a cock
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Poll is a cock but its like saying Fred West was a better serial killer than Peter Sutcliffe here. Has anyone read and heard some of the absolute astounding statements Warnock has made recently. The man has excelled himself when even I thought he wouldn't be able to top his usual performances as an utter mingehole.
 
Bladesway said:
Poll is a cock but its like saying Fred West was a better serial killer than Peter Sutcliffe here. Has anyone read and heard some of the absolute astounding statements Warnock has made recently. The man has excelled himself when even I thought he wouldn't be able to top his usual performances as an utter mingehole.
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when you start openly defending graham poll over old colin you know you have a serious problem
 
Just read the article. For all his faults, Warnock will be able to take more from his retirement than Poll ever can. No mention of his failures in this article. If I saw Poll at the side of the road, I'd run him over, and then reverse just to make sure.
 
axel smeets said:
Just read the article. For all his faults, Warnock will be able to take more from his retirement than Poll ever can. No mention of his failures in this article. If I saw Poll at the side of the road, I'd run him over, and then reverse just to make sure.
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Agree with you tbh, not really sure why Poll is getting on his high horse when at the end of the day he is just a whistle blower, I'd take what Warnock has done over Graham Poll's 'achievements' any day.
 
judge said:
when you start openly defending graham poll over old colin you know you have a serious problem
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What part of Poll is a cock are you struggling with Judge?
 
axel smeets said:
Just read the article. For all his faults, Warnock will be able to take more from his retirement than Poll ever can. No mention of his failures in this article. If I saw Poll at the side of the road, I'd run him over, and then reverse just to make sure.
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Yeah I would take being a never quite good enough manager over refereeing in world cup finals any day of the week. I bet Poll lies awake all night wishing he was Warnock. Him and Judge.
 



One of these men is a bit of a dickhead.

The other, well, he's a bit of a dickhead too.

Warnock and Poll accosting each other through the medium of the media is akin to two men with double incontinence accusing the other of having skiddy underwear. There's a distinctly shitty odour coming from both of them.
 
Bladesway said:
Yeah I would take being a never quite good enough manager over refereeing in world cup finals any day of the week. I bet Poll lies awake all night wishing he was Warnock. Him and Judge.
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99% of referees would give their right arm to have been a professional footballer/manager. I suspect Poll is no different.

Poll's article is unprovoked and full of factual inaccuracies. I think Warnock's response is quite restrained under the circumstances.

Looking forward to reading his new book in June. Just ordered it.
 
A nice response from NW to the Poll piece in today's column in the Indy:

A couple of years ago, as I went into a function, someone thrust out a hand and said, “Hello Neil”. I looked up and discovered it belonged to Graham Poll. Graham and I have never got on, but it turned out since he had stopped refereeing he was watching my Championship-winning QPR team with his son and really enjoying it. “Let bygones be bygones,” I thought as I shook hands.

So imagine my surprise yesterday at opening the papers to read him describing me as a “bully”. If only he had had the courage to say that to my face, but I guess he couldn’t resist a cheque and a headline.

In his diatribe Graham mentioned me having a go at him after the 2003 FA Cup semi-final where his terrible positioning meant he blocked one of my players off enabling Arsenal to continue the move that led to the game’s only goal. He then laughed about it. Understandably I was not happy, and told him so. However, in my experience when I went in to see Poll after a game he was usually so far up his own backside it was impossible to have any kind of conversation.

He also mentioned another old chestnut, the allegation that I told a player to break Gary Kelly’s legs during a Leeds-Sheffield United match, for which he sent me off. I was actually complaining that a tackle by Kelly on Craig Short could have broken my player’s leg, but Graham’s hearing is obviously as bad as his ability to count yellow cards.
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shorehamview said:
One of these men is a bit of a dickhead.

The other, well, he's a bit of a dickhead too.

Warnock and Poll accosting each other through the medium of the media is akin to two men with double incontinence accusing the other of having skiddy underwear. There's a distinctly shitty odour coming from both of them.
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Aye, but one of the had a really positive impact on us, one arguably a negative one.

I doubt ManUre fans worry that Ferguson wouldn't win a popularity contest.

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Bladesway said:
What part of Poll is a cock are you struggling with Judge?
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the part where you
Saint him in comparison to warnock but then again whats new ? Youd prefer hitler or gaRy megson than him , not sure what old colin ever did to you
 
The fact that anyone would clamour to read what a referee has to say just highlights one of the big problems with the game today. Referees weren't celebreties when I was a lad, I could only name a couple of them because it wasn't them that you were going to watch. Problem is that the game's so full of cheats and divers that the refs have become high profile. All part of the panto that is the modern game.

Stop the pansies cheating, straight red every time then maybe we'll be talking about bits of skill, good goals, great passing moves after games rather than how good/bad the refs decisions were. They're not the problem, but they are a part of it.

Poll is a complete twat, revelled in the limelight but all that did was highlight how inept he was. Made a mess of our semi final, and the yellow card fiasco in the biggest game of his career was fantastic in highlighting what a tool the mardy prick was.
 
judge said:
the part where you
Saint him in comparison to warnock but then again whats new ? Youd prefer hitler or gaRy megson than him , not sure what old colin ever did to you
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Hitler yes but Megson is worse than Warnock.
 
LSF said:
I've asked him the same question a few times Judge - He won't answer....
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Took us down when we could and should have been in the Premier League is a starter. You need more than that?
 
Bladesway said:
Took us down when we could and should have been in the Premier League is a starter. You need more than that?
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But didn't he take us there in the first place?

The guys completely infatuated with himself and a bit of a nobhead, but he did a quality job for us on scant resources. He's not a Premiership manager, but he almost kept us up there. It wasn't a Billy Davies style capitulation like at Derby County, we were competitive but didn't have enough.

Even if you can't take the blinkers off and insist he's still shit, he's a thousand times less shit than any other manager we've had since Bassett.
 
alcoblade said:
Aye, but one of the had a really positive impact on us, one arguably a negative one.

I doubt ManUre fans worry that Ferguson wouldn't win a popularity contest.

UTB
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It's a funny one, I can only remember from Bassett's tenure onwards, but the Warnock years were the best of those. Consistently building up crowds, rocking atmosphere at The Lane and players running through brick walls for us.

If you didn't enjoy those times, surely you've been sat complaining through the last twenty years*?

*probably on the internet 100s of miles away, berating other supporters still turning out ;o)
 
Rodley said:
It's a funny one, I can only remember from Bassett's tenure onwards, but the Warnock years were the best of those. Consistently building up crowds, rocking atmosphere at The Lane and players running through brick walls for us.

If you didn't enjoy those times, surely you've been sat complaining through the last twenty years*?

*probably on the internet 100s of miles away, berating other supporters still turning out ;o)
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What surprises me is how after a few run of the mill managers (that form the vast majority ) have turned us into a spineless lackluster team who I struggle to watch (and that takes something), people still can't admit to themselves that they were wrong about him.

Still, a full 4 shots on target today. I should be thankful...:)

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He'd give a youngster a break as well. Even chucked in Nicky Law against Man United.

Current one is breathing into a paper bag with Frank mopping his brow if he has to make a change before the 80 minute. ;)

But Up The Blades nonetheless.
 
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