Legendary manager Neil Warnock has given his opinion on VAR and the state of modern football while guest starring on the ‘That Peter Crouch Podcast’.
Neil Warnock’s Career
In a managerial career spanning five decades and 16 clubs, from non-league all the way up to the Premier League, Neil Warnock has become a legend of the game.
As the manager with the most promotions in English football at 8 and the most games as a professional manager with 1626, it’s fair to say the Sheffield-born coach has earned the right to give his opinion on all things football.
Throughout his career, Warnock has cut a marmite figure, beloved by many for his uncompromising attitude and his straight talking nature and loathed for very much the same reasons. Therefore, who better to talk about the most divisive subject in the modern game, VAR.
Adel Taarabt and Neil Warnock had the same relationship that Paqueta and David Moyes have
Let the genius play
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What Did Neil Warnock Say About VAR?
Speaking on the ‘That Peter Crouch Podcast’ to hosts Peter Crouch, Chris Stark and Steve Sidwell, Warnock explained why he is glad the sun is setting on his career as VAR rises to prominence.
“I think it’s a good time to be nearing the end of my career. When I was at Cardiff we got promotion and near the end of the season, we played Chelsea. Azpilicueta, he scored an equaliser in the 89th minute, 2-3 yards offside and [linesman] Ed Smart didn’t flag.
“If we’d won that game we would have stayed up.
“I remember going into his [Ed Smart} room after and saying to him ‘I wish you could come into my dressing room now and see the devastation. You should have been good enough to see that.'”
“So I was a massive fan of VAR coming in. But VAR has come in and I don’t envy it at all now. Because all that celebration that you get is tempered with it’s going to be another minute to see if it’s a goal.
“It’s killed it now.”
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