Jones Ripped the Linesman at The Valley

Nathan Jones ranted at the linesman at The Valley after Charlton and QPR locked in a 0-0 and he still found a feud worth a camera. The manager sells control as the product that keeps a night from turning stupid. Then Jones treated a look from the far side as a declaration of war and dragged the whole draw onto a microphone. He called the linesman's arrogance mental, and the linesman might have earned some of that heat, because officials do stroll around like the rest of us are unpaid extras. Jones still chose to finish the night as an animal-cruelty metaphor. He said the linesman was looking at me as if I've just volleyed his cat. A goalless Wednesday did not need a pet in it. The dressing room gets the control pitch while the clip gets the volley, and Charlton walking off with a point does not make Jones the injured party in a cat story. The mic.