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GUARDIAN - FA takes QPR to task over criticism of referee Michael Oliver
The QPR manager, Neil Warnock, was unhappy with the referee Michael Oliver's performance in the 1-1 draw with Aston Villa. Photograph: Alex Morton/Action Images
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.
While Warnock and Fernandes fumed, Shaun Wright-Phillips was, at least, revelling in his new life in west London. The 29-year-old former England winger, one of a number of signings made by Warnock after Fernandes bought the club late last month, has impressed since his transfer deadline day move from Manchester City and is not only relishing playing regular first-team football but no longer "hurting inside".
"I am loving it and I think we're gelling quite well as a team," he said. "I go home happy and I look forward to training and the game again. I know how to prepare myself again; if you don't know when you are going to play, how do you focus on a game?
"That's part of football, though, and if you are going to be at a big club you have to deal with it. I had it at Chelsea and Manchester City and you know it's not about yourself, it's a team game.
"If you are hurting inside, you can't really show it because you want the team to do well. I was hurting inside because I am a footballer and I want to play but that's just the way it goes sometimes."
Villa's manager, Alex McLeish, acknowledged that his team had considerable scope for improvement. "Our touch and passing was very poor up until half-time and thankfully we got a grip in the second half," he said.
Asked about Bannan, he said: "I don't want to put too much pressure on the young players. The expectations at a club like Villa are that we should be higher up the table, winning games.
"I will take the pressure off the young players. We have to try and make progress along the way, as steadily as possible. Barry has shown some bright moments in different positions."
Guardian
INDEPENDENT
Wright-Phillips ends hurt with new lease of life at Loftus Road
By Simon Peach
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Shaun Wright-Phillips admits he is thoroughly enjoying life since his recent arrival at Queen's Park Rangers. The 29-year-old has been in superb form since his deadline day move from Manchester City to west London.
Wright-Phillips' performances for Rangers have already seen him linked with an England recall, although the winger is just happy to be playing regular first-team football again.
"I am loving it to be honest," he said. "I go home happy and I look forward to training now on Tuesday and the game again. You just know how to prepare yourself. It's not so much frustrating, it's just that if you don't know when you are going to play, how do you focus on a game?
"That's part of football, though, and if you are going to be at a big club you have to deal with it. I had it at Chelsea and Man City and you know it's not about yourself, it's a team game.
"If you are hurting inside, you can't really show it because you want the team to do well because that's part of football. I was hurting inside because I am a footballer and I want to play but that's just the way it goes sometimes."
Wright-Phillips was one of a number of summer signings made by Rangers manager Neil Warnock, whose side are unbeaten since the close of the transfer window.
"We have played three games and I thought we gelled quite well for a team that has just come together," added Wright-Phillips."But obviously there is still a lot to be done and stuff we are going to work on at the training ground."
On Sunday Wright-Phillips played in QPR's 1-1 draw with Aston Villa at Loftus Road which had plenty of controversial incidents.
Richard Dunne's last-minute own-goal helped 10-man Rangers grab a deserved point, having fallen behind to a Barry Bannan penalty, a decision which was not shared by Warnock.
The Aston Villa defender Alan Hutton then twice appeared to handle the ball in the box at the other end without being penalised, leaving the referee Michael Oliver to attract most of the post-match attention.
"I wouldn't say I was frustrated by the referee's performance," Wright-Phillips said. "When I was speaking to him, I just said to him 'people normally get second yellow cards for consistent fouling'.
"In this case, they have done five fouls outside the box within 10 minutes and there was not another card shown. Then Armand [Traoré] does one, OK, it's a yellow card and a red for him but he gets booked straight away. If he doesn't get booked for a penalty that I don't think anybody saw, he stays on the pitch."
Bannan stepped up and tucked away the resulting penalty and impressed throughout. While Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish was quick to praise the midfielder, he admitted he was upset with his side's first-half display.
"Bannan took about 40 minutes to get into the game, like everybody else," McLeish said. "Our touch and passing was very poor up until half-time and thankfully we got a grip in the second half.
"I've seen some players who excelled on the training ground doing the real thing, instead of leaving it all behind in the first half. Bannan claimed the penalty. I never pre-ordained who would take a penalty if we got one, but Barry was confident. You can see in the way he grabbed the ball that he was very confident he'd dispatch it."
Asked about Bannan's performance in particular, he added: "I don't want to put too much pressure on the young players. The expectations are a club like Villa is that we should be higher up the table, winning games.
"I will take the pressure off the young players. We have to try and make progress along the way, as steadily as possible. Barry has shown some bright moments in different positions."
Meanwhile, the Football Association yesterday wrote to QPR for their observations about a tweet from their new owner Tony Fernandes following the match in which he branded Oliver "blind".
However, it is understood no further action will be taken against the club. Independent
MIRROR
SWP set for England recall after return to form at QPR
Fabio Capello is set to recall Shaun Wright-Phillips to the England squad after witnessing the winger’s new lease of life at QPR.
England chief Capello watched Wright-Phillips in only his third Rangers game as they snatched a 1-1 draw with Aston Villa on Sunday.
And a place back in the national set-up will complete a rapid change in fortunes for the 29-year-old, who revealed he was secretly “hurting” when he was frozen out at Chelsea and then Manchester City last season.
“I’m loving playing every week. I’m going home happy every day,” said Wright-Phillips. “We’re all enjoying football and all getting a chance to play well.”
Wright-Phillips joined Chelsea for £21million in 2005 but returned to Manchester City three years later. And following the Abu Dhabi takeover, he started only two Premier League matches last season and dropped out of international contention.
“I was hurting – it’s normal,” he admitted. “I’m a footballer and all footballers love playing football.
“At City, it wasn’t so much the frustration, it was the never knowing whether you were going to play.
“You just have to prepare yourself for games. If you’re at a big club it’s something you have to deal with.
“It happened to me at Chelsea for a while as well so you know it’s a team game and not about yourself. So when you’re hurting inside you can’t really show it.” Mirror
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