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 Diouf is not such a bad lad – WarnockTue 14th Aug 2012 14:00 by Tim Whelan Neil Warnock has defended his decision to sign El Hadji Diouf on a non contract basis. When we first started to hear reports that Warnock was interested in signing the Senegalese serial spitter I thought it must be a wind-up. It’s only 18 months since our manager called Diouf a "sewer rat" for making fun QPR's Jamie Mackie after the latter suffered a double leg break during an FA Cup tie at Ewood Park. Diouf has since claimed that he thought the Rs player was exaggerating his injury and didn’t realise that he’d really been badly hurt. But Warnock has now told the official site that he only came to a final decision about the player once they had sat down to clear the air about their previous disagreements. “I met him about six or seven weeks ago. It wasn't a planned meeting, but we ended up having an hour-and-a-half chat and I told him what I disliked about him and he talked to me about the things that he's done in football. "It opened my eyes in what I thought about him and nobody has said worse things about him than I have. It would have been easy for me not to bring him to the club but I've never been one to shirk a situation. A friend of mine, Micky Walker, who was at Doncaster Rovers, couldn't speak highly enough of him. He said he's good in the dressing room, he's excellent with the youngsters, and is a bit of a likeable rogue.” And he went on to explain why he wanted to sign Diouf. "We're short on the right-hand side. There's a not a lot of money without moving players out - there's a couple of Premiership lads I've looked at, but they're on a lot of money - so I thought we'd have a look." In other words, the departure of Snodgrass has forced the issue, and we have to consider anyone we afford.
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