NEIL WARNOCK has binned phones from the Aberdeen dressing-room.
Because he wants his players interacting and creating their OWN fun.
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The Pittodrie gaffer despairs seeing his grandkids glued to their mobiles.
Warnock wants the Dons players to come out of their shells so he’s told them to leave the phone behind from now on.
He said: “Have dressing-rooms changed a lot? I don’t think so.
“Although the big difference these days is everyone has their mobiles.
“The grandkids and all the kids I see are all on their phones every five minutes.
“That is sad really so we won’t be having our phones in the dressing room anymore, I’ve told them I don’t want that.
“It is easier to go on the phone now whereas before we made our own entertainment.
“I was pleased the other night because I went upstairs on the bus, the phones were down and they were having a game of cards – I liked that.”
Meanwhile, Warnock has praised the SFA for backing referee Don Robertson over Dujon Sterling’s red card.
The veteran English boss sought out the whistler after his side’s 2-1 defeat to Rangers on Tuesday night to commend him for having enough courage to ignore the pressure of being called to the VAR monitor.
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This week was Warnock’s first taste of bossing a game with VAR and he’s not a fan, but the 75-year-old admits it was heartwarming to see a ref stand up for himself — then be backed by his Hampden bosses.
He said: “It’s good and that made my day.
“I thought it was excellent and you have to take your hat off to the ref.
“I went in afterwards to see him and said, ‘I admire you because I’ve never seen that in England’, and it should have been done loads of times.
“He said, ‘I know I’ll probably get stick’, but I told him, ‘No, you’ll be admired by me and people like me’.”
Warnock isn’t a fan of the proposal to bring in a blue card for ten-minute sin bins either, and joked he’ll be glad to have returned south if the SFA agree to be a trial country next season.
He said: “I think referees have enough problems without adding some more.
“If it happens, I’m fortunate it won’t be in my time!”
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Olivia Martin is a dedicated sports journalist based in the UK. With a passion for various athletic disciplines, she covers everything from major league championships to local sports events, delivering up-to-the-minute updates and in-depth analysis.
