Adel Taarabt
The Warnock that started in a dugout 20 years ago could not have handled the histrionics of a talented midfielder that pinnacled in an extraordinary outburst during the 0-0 at Hull on Saturday.
Home fans revelled in Taarabt’s tantrum singing: ‘where’s your dummy gone?’
However, the Moroccan international atoned when he broke the deadlock in the 2-0 win over Portsmouth on Tuesday – but after his hell in Hull where he lashed into his own players, refused to play for a couple of minutes and then demanded to be substituted – it took all of Warnock’s 12-club experience and 62 years to calm his man down.
The manager said: "I’d agree with the idea that not many managers could have handled that. Listen. If I’d been younger I couldn’t have handled it.
"It’s like walking a tightrope with
