I gather that the Wolves manager roundly criticised referee Lee Mason last night - not for his decisions but for his handling of the players. "Both teams lose their focus", he said. "They are always arguing the decision". "The players get nervous". "Too much voices". "The players are constantly arguing, both teams". "With other referees the decisions are accepted" (oh really).

Well, I didn't see either the game or the interview, but I can hardly believe this irresponsible rant. How about telling your players, Nuno, to maintain their focus, stop disputing decisions, pipe down, and get on with trying to win.

Why the surprise ??
Compare and contrast the amount of cheating, sharp practice and managers moaning about decisions and fixture schedules in top flight football nowadays to pre-Premier League days.
(Clue: Foreign managers, foreign owners & legions of foreign players).

See the FA have 'asked him to give his observations' in relation to his comments about Lee Mason live on air in his post match interview.

Basically, you try & convince us not to charge you, oh, hang on, we will anyway.

I'm a blind man, i'm a blind man, now my room is cold,
When a blind man cries, Lord, he feels it from his soul.
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NES never made any derogatory comments about the referee's honesty and integrity just made it patently clear that he doesn't believe he is a competent official.

It might have been a case of a microphone thrust under the nose of a disappointed manager immediately after a defeat when feelings can run high and in different circumstances he might have chosen his words more carefully.

The refs aren't foreign though are they.....

And while you may have a point about diving having been introduced from foreign sources you'd have to admit that the `Brits have quickly caught up.... Owen, Ashley Young, Kane, Vardy, Snodgras, Fraser, Connoly have perfected the act and I am convinced some of them actively practice dives......

Don't they talk/play with foreign players ? And to be honest, despite the 'professional' referees, I don't see any discernible improvement in refereeing nowadays.

I didn’t see the game but they got a penalty and by some accounts could have had a man sent off late in the game ..

Maybe just sour grapes because they lost to Burnley who have a certain style some might not like ?

Seems to me he is saying both sets of players as usual wanted to get their own way and his mob didn’t..