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Go on Martinez! Not sure weather its been posted or not before.
Wigan boss Roberto Martinez has vowed to continue speaking his mind despite being fined by the Football Association this week after he was found guilty of improper conduct.
Martinez was fined £2,250 and warned as to his future conduct on Wednesday following comments he made after his side’s Barclays Premier League game against Manchester City at Eastlands in March.
The Spaniard had been furious at referee Stuart Attwell’s decision to send off Latics defender Gary Caldwell for a tackle on Carlos Tevez, who subsequently went on to score a hat-trick in a 3-0 victory for City.
Martinez – who at the time claimed that Attwell had not seen the challenge and accused the official of “lying” – admitted he was glad the matter had been brought to a conclusion, but stressed he would not shy away from speaking out again in future.
“I always believe you need to be honest after (a game)” Martinez said.
“I want to enjoy football by being honest and saying what I think.
“Unfortunately sometimes you have to be careful, but I’m just quite happy that I was able to explain myself and now we can draw a line under it in that respect.
“(But) I will carry on saying what I feel is right and what the meaning of the game is to me.”
He was right to speak out about the Caldwell sending off, it was a poor decision, but hopefully he will have learned from his mistake of calling the ref a liar and a cheat, unless you can prove a ref lied, you cant say those sort of things.
With a bit of luck the refereeing standards next season will improve, as there have been plenty of awful decisions made against most of the Premier League clubs during the last season.
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