- Aug 13, 2004
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Look, I'm not excercised about this. At all. All I'm saying is I couldn't have countenanced doing this sort of thing when I was still playing, and I'd be a bit wary of coaching a player now who reacts to criticism in this way. As I referenced in a previous post, there may well be a bit of a generational gap as to my reaction to how he has put this out there. But I'm not really enthused by players going out of their way to call out a previous manager, especially when it's unprompted (opposed to in an interview with press, for example).My older self would do the same. Nothing beats a bit of snide. I'm not the Buddha.
I think you might be taking it a wee bit too seriously. Who gives a shit really.
Just a bit of fun and it wasn't particularly offensive.
Unless the kid was a right twunt, if I was Warnock I'd right back, "I'm glad you proved me wrong, make sure you don't prove me right during the rest of your career, all the best"
But fuck it, maybe it's no big deal and he goes on to have an amazing career with us. I hope so. Ultimately, I'm a bit uncomfortable with how this might be seen by Conte. But as always, time will tell.