Richard Keys has once again defended Nottingham Forest and explained what Paul Tierney remarkably said to players on Saturday.
This comes on Twitter in the aftermath of the club and Steven Reid being charged for their behaviour after the final whistle.
So, what has Keys said about the Forest incident on Saturday? Let’s take a closer look…
What Richard Keys believes Paul Tierney said to Nottingham Forest players
Well, the fallout rumbles on here and in fairness, it will be nice when Forest can get back to playing football once again.
The Reds go to Brighton at the weekend and they should be heading there after a hard-fought point against Liverpool.
However, thanks to Tierney forgetting that his job is to apply law, Forest go there on the back of another defeat.
Keys is stunned and in a frankly astonishing post on Twitter, he’s explained what he thinks Tierney said and did on the day.
He posted: “Instead of charging Forest the FA should be apologising. What a joke. Have they charged the arrogant ref who refused to listen to colleagues on the day telling people ‘I’m the boss’?
Former Premier League referee Mark Halsey was the first to say that Tierney had made a mistake – although plenty have disagreed with him in the world of pundits.
Forest have to move on but there’s no wonder they were incensed
Good referees go unnoticed. They blend into the background, do what they have to do to keep a lid on the game and perform their job with minimal fuss.
Bad ones, make everyone believe it’s all about them and lose concentration at key moments in games, subsequently getting things wrong in law.
Enter Paul Tierney!
The haphazard nature of this one is hard to stomach for Forest – and Keys has got it spot on.
Okay, Reid and Forest shouldn’t have behaved in the manner they did but this is the best league in the world – supposedly – and this was an almighty error.
This post from Keys will infuriate Forest fans – if indeed it’s true – and it’s slightly disgusting that the FA have seemingly backed their official.
Tierney’s reward for a monumental error? The chance to be involved as VAR on Arsenal’s game against Brentford this weekend.
Someone, somewhere, make it make sense…
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