Disrespectful Warbo complains to SFA over Collum penalty
Last week Collum awarded penalties to Falkirk and Sevco as Warbo’s All Stars lost their second Championship match of the season.
After the match Warbo was highly critical of the Euro 2016 whistler but rather than face an SFA disrepute charge the former Brentford supremo grilled the SFA over the penalty awarded to Falkirk.
From yesterday’s media conference the Press Association reported: “However, Warburton now hopes the kind of good fortune which saw referee Willie Collum award Falkirk a penalty – against Danny Wilson for a foul two yards outside the box – and later helped Danny Rogers keep out a last-gasp penalty from Martyn Waghorn will go his team’s way when they square up to their nearest challengers.
“The Englishman – who confirmed the club had received “the right answers” after contacting the SFA to discuss Collum’s performance at the weekend – said: “We had a bad 15 minutes at Falkirk and we have to improve in certain areas.”
No detail is given about what the right answers are. Bobby Madden will referee Monday’s match with Hibs.
Meanwhile the pressure of life away from being a city trader seems to be telling on the man with the magic hat.
Yesterday he revealed that he hadn’t bought his London based wife a Christmas present- and compared life in the second tier of Scottish football with managing Real Madrid or Barcelona.
What experience Warbo has of Barcelona or Real Madrid is hard to establish but that didn’t prevent him from discussing life in La Liga.
“I spent time in Madrid and Barcelona and, similar to Glasgow, they have to fill so many column inches every single day on the clubs, it’s incredible.
“Here’s a Real Madrid player going for lunch, here he is walking into a restaurant, here he is eating mushroom pizza. It is a goldfish bowl and I understand that.
“People talk about down south and how they are well paid at the big Premier League clubs, but look at the spotlight on them.
“So and so said this at 9.30, so and so said this at 10.45. It’s a constant spotlight on them because whatever the media outlet is, you need content and I understand that.
“But it’s just that some of the details are getting more and more intense. If you don’t enjoy it, you’re in the wrong job.”
Warbo added: “One of the staff said to me, If we played Barcelona tomorrow the fans would expect us to win. That is a great analogy.”
It’s unlikely that Luis Enrique’s world champions will be taking part in next season’s Petrofac Training Cup.