'A step too far' – Gary Neville slams Nottingham Forest over Mark Clattenburg appointment | X4V5VP4 | 2024-02-20 16:08:01
Gary Neville has hit out at Nottingham Forest's determination to nominate former official Mark Clattenburg as a referee analyst and believes it is an 'embarrassing' concept.
Last week, Forest confirmed the arrival of the previous Premier League referee on a consultancy basis with the goal of enhancing their understanding of selections and relationship with officers.
Clattenburg, who has most lately been the referee within the BBC's rebooted TV show Gladiators, was in the director's box at the Metropolis Ground on Saturday to observe their 2-Zero win over West Ham.
Although Forest have been on the receiving finish of a lot of controversial officiating selections this season, Neville believes they've gone too far by bringing in Clattenburg and has slammed the transfer.
Talking on The Gary Neville Podcast, he stated: 'For a begin, I truly assume in the last four, five, six weeks we haven't talked too much about VAR. The odd determination right here and there nevertheless it's truly obtained quite a bit higher, there haven't been that many choices which are that dangerous for my part.
'Each group will complain once they get a nasty determination. We used to complain all the time.
'But what is Mark Clattenburg doing? I've labored with Mark – what are you doing?
'You've been employed to go and tell a soccer club how referees are making errors or what mistakes they're making. I imply, it's plainly apparent. A fan in the crowd might go and inform you precisely what a referee's considering.
'The intent behind what a referee or an official is considering is often 99 per cent there, so I'm disillusioned with Nottingham Forest.
'It's as if to say, "Take a look at all this, woe is me". Look, I get it, some teams feel as if they've been exhausting carried out by, some groups feel they've had dangerous selections towards them, that occurs typically during a season.
'I might have hated it. You're chatting with somebody who would have been furious if we had one dangerous choice go towards us let alone three or four.
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'However to make use of an ex referee to inform you why you're having selections towards you, for me, I feel is a step too far.
'This is not an assault on Nottingham Forest followers, because I feel some of them will in all probability assume it's embarrassing. They gained't like the choices going towards them, but I'm positive they gained't sit there and assume it's a very good move by the club.'
He added: 'I don't prefer it. It will appear the golf equipment' approaches in the direction of referees has changed, that they virtually want recourse, they need revenge, they need something to occur.'
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