Stephen Warnock Fan

The manager of Leeds United, Brian McDermott, has said that Stephen Warnock should not be blamed for the defeat that his team suffered in an away game against Reading FC yesterday.

Warnock fouled on one of the Reading players towards the end of the match and was shown red card. Just seconds after that, Reading found the net on a free kick and walked away with 3 points.

The Leeds players were inconsolable after that defeat. After fighting so hard for 95 minutes, they deserved to get at least one point from the game, but, they got absolutely nothing.

Talking to the reporters in the post match press conference, McDermott said, “I don’t think Stephen should be blamed for what happened. Yes, it could have been avoided and he knows that.”

McDermott was the manager of Reading FC for most parts of the last season. He was sacked in March and this was the first time after his sacking that he turned up to the Madejski Stadium. The way he got cheered suggests that he is still very popular among Reading fans.

When asked about that, McDermott said, “We reached here pretty late because of the traffic. When we arrived, we were just looking to warm up a bit and my focus was completely on the match.”

“It’s nice to be cheered by the Reading fans. I am thankful to them for that.”

“Our supporters were brilliant as well. A lot of them turned up here and I am feeling bad for them.”

“After battling hard for so long, we didn’t deserve to lose. But, that’s the way it goes sometimes.”

With this defeat, Leeds has moved down to no. 11 in the Championship points table. Their next game is against Burnley on Saturday.

Former Aston Villa defender Stephen Warnock has said that fans will be extremely crucial in the race for promotion the Championship this season. After failing to secure promotion to the top flight, Leeds United have been spending big money on players this season.

The presence of players like Warnock is expected to make them extremely strong in the coming season. Leeds United have been averaging one of the highest gate attendances in the Championship, but it is still significantly lower than the crowd they used to bring in when they were playing on the top levels of football.

Their recent attendance of just over 20,000 is a testament to the bad times that the club has fallen in, but Warnock reckons that they can recover soon. Leeds United were able to break the 25,000 attendance mark last season only on two occasions. On both occasions, they were helped by a large visiting group. The club will be opening the new season with a home match against Brighton and Hove Albion, who managed to make it into the play-offs last season. However, the arrival of new manager Garcia is expected to lower the expectations amongst the Brighton fans.

This game has been categorised as a category C game.
“That is what everyone wants and why the club is so big. If we can get that (30,000 crowd) for the first game of the season, it will give the lads a lift and hopefully the fans can keep coming. You want to go into the first game of the season and start well and we need to. Hopefully, we will start as brightly as we can, so we can go and climb the league as quickly as we can. You have got to get the momentum going as quickly as possible,” said Warnock.

The manager of Leeds United, Brian McDermott, has said that the Senegalese striker El Hadji Diouf must know how to behave on the ground.

After scoring the equalizer for Leeds in the match against Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday, Diouf had used abusive language for the Brighton supporters and because of that; the referee showed him the red card. After that, Leeds got reduced to 9 players as Rudolph Austin was also sent off earlier in the match.

Brighton took the advantage of that and took the lead again just a couple of minutes before the end of the match. Jose Ulloa was the man who scored the second goal for Brighton.

Leeds couldn’t equalize the scores this time around and ended up on the losing side. With the help of this win, Brighton & Hove Albion has now qualified for the play offs.

Talking to the reporters in the post match press conference, McDermott said, “It was really a disappointing loss. To play with only 9 men in the last 15 minutes or so is not easy. The boys tried hard, but, it was Brighton’s day and they got those three points.”
“I was really gutted to see what Diouf did after scoring that magnificent goal. It was totally wrong. You can’t make such gestures towards opposition fans. The referee was correct to show him the red card at that point of time.”

“He is very upset about what happened on the ground, but, he himself is responsible for that. He let the team down today.”

However, the Leeds manager made it quite clear that he is not happy with referee’s decision of sending off Rudolph Austin and the club will appeal against that.

McDermott said, “We are certainly going to appeal against Austin’s red card. I don’t think he deserved that. That was a very harsh decision by the referee.”

While betting on sports is not a particularly new activity – indeed many of the most famous bookmakers in the UK have been around for decades – there is no question that it has grown considerably in popularity over the last ten years or so.

When looking for reasons as to why this is the case it is impossible to ignore the fact that sport itself – especially football – has also grown hugely in popularity during that period. As the internet and live television coverage have made sports events from all countries accessible to people everywhere, so online sport betting has made it possible for people to gamble on the outcomes of them wherever they are.

This has taken sports betting well beyond its origins, when people had to visit land-based bookmakers in their local high street if they wanted to place a bet – and in those days the choice of things to bet on would have probably been more restricted. The greater availability of different sports has meant that online sports betting sites can offer a far greater variety of sports and betting markets. There is also the convenience issue, as people nowadays want to be able to access their leisure activities through computers and mobile devices – which is a big part of the reason why the online casino has also been such a big hit.

Both of these areas of the gambling industry have simply adapted very successfully to the global, digital era, in a way that the likes of the music industry have not. It is also likely that there is a degree of crossover in the customer bases for both, something which will only have been increased by the availability of sports themed games at online casino sites.

Fulham have reportedly told the defender Jon Arne Riise that he is free to leave the club after falling out of favour under the manager Martin Jol. The 32-year-old defender is regarded as one of the best in the Premier league due to his wealth of experience.

However, he has not been at his best in recent months for the club, which has led to the manager looking at other alternatives. He has reportedly identified the Aston Villa defender Stephen Warnock as a replacement for the Norwegian. Warnock is currently out of favour at Aston Villa and spent the first half of the season on loan at a championship club.

The Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert recently revealed that the club had received no offers for the former Blackburn Rovers defender, who came extremely close to making an international appearance. His experience and quality will certainly appeal to Jol, who has come under pressure of late due to a poor run of results. After starting the season extremely well following the arrival of Dimitar Berbatov, the club have struggled to get results on a consistent basis. As a result, they are close to the relegation zone and are just six points above it.

Along with Stephen Warnock, the defender Alan Hutton has also been deemed unwanted and surplus to the squad by the manager Paul Lambert, who has come under intense criticism recent weeks. Following a poor run of results, Aston Villa recently slipped into the relegation zone.

Lambert has been criticised for his stance on the two players, who have a lot of experience of playing in the Premier league. The lack of experience within the Villa squad has been one of the main reasons for their low league positions. Meanwhile, Fulham have also been linked with the 18-year-old Barnsley defender Stones.

The former Blackburn Rovers defender Stephen Warnock has said that he is extremely positive that Bolton Wanderers will be able to maintain their five match unbeaten run when they visit Ewood Park on Wednesday.

The club has been in an extremely good run of form is the arrival of the new manager Dougie Freedman. As a result of this good run of form, they have managed to climb up the table from the relegation places into the 18th position. Stephen Warnock has said that the response in the dressing room to the arrival of Freedman has been extremely positive.

As a result, players will be going into the Blackburn match with a great amount of confidence especially after the recent run of results. The 30-year-old has said that the club did not have any luck at the start of the season. He has attributed to the numerous penalties and decisions that have gone against them during the early part of the campaign, but the former England defender hopes that they will be able to put them behind. The former Liverpool striker David Ngog scored the only goal from Bolton in the match against Brighton during the weekend to give them at least a point from the match. Freedman said after the match that Bolton were lucky to come away with a point from the match.

“The response in the dressing room was great, so you go into the game against Blackburn with a positive attitude. We’ve come in on a high after getting that result and you go into the game looking forward to it a bit more. It will be nice to go back and see a few old faces, but the club has changed a lot. It’s always nice to go back to your former clubs and especially the ones you enjoyed being at,” said Warnock.

The Aston Villa defender Stephen Warnock, who is currently on loan at Bolton Wanderers, has said that he is extremely disappointed with the decision taken by the referee not to award them a penalty in the match despite a clear handball.

Bolton Wanderers were taking on Crystal Palace in the Championship encounter, and Stephen Warnock was making his debut for his new team. Bolton have made a poor start to the new season when they were expected to be challenging near the top of the table. They have just had two victories in the last few matches prior to the Crystal Palace encounter.

The Bolton Wanderers manager Owen Coyle was extremely thrilled to have the services of Stephen Warnock in the team. The Aston Villa defender is regarded as one of the best left back in the Premier league, but has found opportunities limited under the new regime at Villa Park. He has been amongst the numerous players who have been sold or loaned out to other clubs before finding a solution for the issues. The two wins against Watford and Sheffield Wednesday was not going to help Bolton claim up the table. The yet again lost in the league following the 1-0 defeat against Crystal Palace.

“The first one was an absolute disgrace. I could see from where I was that it was a handball and I think everyone in the stadium saw it apart from the linesman and the referee. That’s the disappointing thing because that could have swung the game completely in our favour. How he hasn’t spotted it… but then they are the decisions that are going against us at the moment. They are also the ones that will start turning in our favour,” said Warnock after the match. This defeat has increased the pressure on the manager Owen Coyle.

The Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert has said that he does not have any plans to include Alan Hutton and Stephen Warnock back into the first-team. Both the players have been told that they do not have a future at the club and they can leave the club.

However, they failed to secure a move away from the club before the end of the transfer deadline day. As a result, they will be at the club until January if they fail to get a loan move elsewhere. Despite this, the manager Paul Lambert has said that he does not plan to include this in the first team and will be prepared to listen to loan offers.

The Scot has said that he only will be looking at making both Josh Bennett and Matthew Lowton regular first-team players. Both these players have been signed as a replacement for Alan Hutton and Stephen Warnock in the summer transfer window. Lambert has once again confirmed that he does not have any problems with the two players, but has taken the decision for the benefit of the club in the long-term. Aston Villa have struggled with maintaining their Premier league status for the last few seasons since the departure of Martin O’Neill.

“The situation’s the same as a few weeks ago. I spoke to Alan about the Scotland game and he was fine. He trains hard. I don’t have a problem with him. I’ve always had good dialogue with him. He’s not training with the first team. I’ve said if there’s a loan move then we can look at it. I’ve always been honest with him, the same with Stephen Warnock. The lads I’m going with are my concern. But you never know. Football’s the most unpredictable game ever,” said Paul Lambert regarding Stephen Warnock and Alan Hutton.

The manager of Aston Villa, Paul Lambert, has announced the Aston Villa’s first choice squad for the upcoming season and the defender, Stephen Warnock, hasn’t been included in that squad.

According to some reports, Lambert has made it quite clear to Warnock that he is not in his plans for the upcoming season and he can take a transfer. In the last season, Warnock had featured regularly for Aston Villa. But, it seems that the new manager, Lambert, doesn’t have too much confidence in Warnock’s playing abilities.

Warnock has been playing for Villa since the last 3 years. He had joined the club in August 2009 on a contract of 4 years. His first goal for Villa was against Blackburn Rovers in the semi final of the League cup in January 2010. In his first season for Villa, he generally played as substitute and didn’t get too many chances to start the match. But, in the 2010-11 season, he got the starting opportunities and he made full use of those opportunities. He performed consistently and impressed Martin O’Neill, who was the manager of Villa at that time. His performance was up to the mark in the last season as well. He played in 34 matches in the last season.

According to some reports, Sunderland and Blackburn Rovers have shown interest in the defender. Martin O’Neill is the manager of Sunderland at the moment and it was Neill who bought Warnock for Aston Villa in 2009. He likes the playing style of Warnock. So, he is looking to sign the defender once again. However, Warnock himself hasn’t yet made it clear that he is going to leave Villa. He said that he hasn’t taken any decision yet. He admitted that he has been approached by a few clubs, but, he said that he would consider a few things before reaching the final decision.

New Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert has said that he expects Darren Bent to be an Aston Villa player at the start of the new season. He, however, has suggested that the former Blackburn defender Stephen Warnock could be sold in the summer in order to raise transfer funds for the arrival of new players.

The former Tottenham striker has been out of the first team action for a few months now after suffering a major injury prior to the close of the last season. He is expected to return to pre-season training soon enough. Lambert has confirmed that Darren Bent remains central to his plans at Aston Villa.

The 27-year-old Darren Bent has been one of the shining players for Aston Villa in the last couple of seasons. Since the departure of Martin O’Neill, the club has failed to reproduce the form that has seen them make European football. However, Darren Bent has helped them stay afloat in the Premier league, but it is thought that he would be willing to search for new pastures in order to have the possibility of winning trophies. In place of Steven Warnock, Paul Lambert is likely to use Ciaran Clark. The 22-year-old has received glowing praise from the new manager.

“I remember saying at the time Bent being out injured will be a blow for Aston Villa because he can score. When Darren was injured, I think the team struggled to get a goal. He’s a goal-scorer, which every club needs. If you’ve got people who can score then that’s half the battle and he can certainly do that,” said Paul Lambert. Aston Villa recently resigned goalkeeper Brad Guzan after leaving the American International to leave the club on a free transfer at the last season. The goalkeeper has signed a new three-year deal with the club.