Warnock Speaks

[paulcomben]

http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/aston-villa-fc/2012/09/28/villas-stephen-warnock-insists-he-causes-no-trouble/

Villa's Stephen Warnock insists he causes no trouble
Stephen Warnock today insisted he was “not a troublemaker” at Villa after he spoke for the first time about being frozen out by manager Paul Lambert.

       
The left-back was forced to train with the Villa development squad before he joined Championship side Bolton on a three-month loan deal last week.

Lambert’s decision to ask him to train with the youth teamers puzzled Warnock but the 30-year-old does not bear a grudge with the Scot.

“Myself and Alan Hutton had been deemed surplus to requirement,” explained Warnock.

“The manager had his own way of doing things but I’m not looking back at that now. It was difficult but you’ve got to respect the fact each manager makes his own decisions.

“I’m not a troublemaker or anything like that, so I’d like to think I could have trained with the first team, but that’s the manager’s decision and he has his own way of doing things.

“I think the way I look at it now is that my time at Villa has probably passed, so things have to move on. As soon as you get told you’re surplus to requirements, you are a footballer and you want to get out and play football.”

[PeterWithe]

Fair enough, I've said it before but I respect the way he rolled up his sleeves last season and gave it a go when suffering a complete lack of form.

[SashasGrandad]

Fair enough, I've said it before but I respect the way he rolled up his sleeves last season and gave it a go when suffering a complete lack of form.

I agree

[Dante Lavelli]

He’s said the right things there.  In many ways it’s nice to hear a footballer saying he just wants to play football.

Lambert has balls of steel.  Whilst Hutton and Warnock were shit/out of form last year he has completely jettisoned them and trusted his judgement with Lowton and Licaj/Bennett.  Few managers would be that brave/stupid.

[Percy McCarthy]

Agree with PW and SG. I don't think he could help being crap, but at least he tried.

[Legion]

Fair enough, I've said it before but I respect the way he rolled up his sleeves last season and gave it a go when suffering a complete lack of form.

Totally. He never went hiding, even after the QPR og.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Respect for Warnock he is not a big mouthed big wage footballer who causes problems for a club. On his debut against the noses he Collins and Dunne were brilliant and showed total commitment. Good luck .....

[Irish villain]

He was an integral part of the side back in 09-10. It's such a shame to see the way it all unravelled since then.

[Chipsticks]

He's always come across as a consummate professional, and a nice guy. The only thing that ever annoyed me about him was his tendency to pretend he had an injury if he'd made a mistake that led to a goal.

[PaulWinch again]

Fair enough.

[olaftab]

He is a good guy and obviously professional. His best days are behind him but good luck to him for the future.

[Risso]

I've never seen a professional footballer's form go backwards as quickly as Warnock's did. From the England squad to putting in League 1 standard performaces in a few short months.

[silhillvilla]

Utter bullshit. Troublemaker - Yes. Unprofessional - Yes.
Good riddance to the clown.

[Brazilian Villain]

If someone insists "he's not a trouble maker" that probably means he is either in his or his teamates' opinions.

[Ad@m]

If someone insists "he's not a trouble maker" that probably means he is either in his or his teamates' opinions.

Absolutely - it's like countries that include 'democratic' in their official name, they're generally anything but democratic.