Neil Warnock: Nuno's done a great job at Wolves
Neil Warnock has praised Nuno ahead of Wolves' top-two shootout with Cardiff – but didn't vote for him in the manager of the year award.
League leaders Wolves face the second placed Bluebirds on Friday night in one of the most anticipated games of the Championship season.
Warnock recently defended Wolves in the face of fierce criticism from other rivals about their relationship with Jorge Mendes.
And he was in complimentary mood again today as he faced the press ahead of the potential title decider in the Welsh capital.
Warnock, who was named as the Championship manager of the season this week, said: "I didn’t vote for him as manager of the season, but he’s I think done a great job. I voted for Neil Harris if I’m honest, I think he’s done a remarkable job with very limited resources.
"But Nuno has done a great job, I know how he feels.
"When I won the league easily with QPR I think Paul Lambert got it at Norwich who spent more money than me – even though we were the ‘moneybags’, so I was a bit peeved.
"This is the first thing I’ve ever won and it’s great for the lads to know we're well thought of. I couldn’t have done this without the boys."
Cardiff haven't lost since New Year's Day and victory for them tomorrow would move them to within three points of Wolves with a game in hand.
However Warnock insisted: "We might be the form team but I don’t think we’re favourites, you’d have to say Wolves are favourites.
"You don’t become the top team in the league without being the best team.
"I think it’s the challenge of people like Wolves and Villa that we’ve got to revel in. We need to play in front of those atmospheres and welcome it, and push ourselves.
"It’s a fantastic game. We should be on for a very good crowd, if not a record crowd and Friday night on TV.
"It’s good for Wolves too. We’ve had a dig at some of the money they’ve spent but they’ve had a rough time and all credit to them. We played them once and did quite well against them but I think it’ll be a cracking game, me.
"I can’t see this one being anything other than entertaining. They’ll be at full strength with some very good players, the Portuguese lads have done brilliant and the backbone of the team, the English lads, have revelled in it as well.
"It’s a great mixture. Our lads are from a different market but we’re looking forward to pitting our wits against them. You’ve got to enjoy nights like this."
