It’s a bad idea to write blog posts when you are in a bad mood, but I was already grumpy before today’s events left me incensed; anyone reading our Twitter feed today will know that I have been unable to contain my ire.

Firstly, there is Cardiff City signing Craig Bellamy – regardless of Manchester City’s willingness to pay most of his wages, this is the sixth signing (including Premier League loans) that Cardiff have made since their embargo was lifted and following the recent winding-up order seen off at the eleventh hour. This hardly suggests financial stability, and bearing in mind that they still owe an “undisputed debt” of £175k to Motherwell for a transfer made over a year ago, it begs the question as to how on earth they are allowed to make any new signings if they still haven’t settled their debts for previous transactions?

Let me make this clear: I do not want to see any club go under, it is not fair on the fans; but what are the FA, as stewards of our great game, doing about it? Well, it seems that they are concentrating on other things…

Yes, following Sunday’s scrappy encounter, featuring the requisite and predictable bout of handbags, it seems as though the FA would rather concentrate on that instead. Ignoring the rule that players dealt with by the ref cannot be retrospectively charged (please correct me if I’m wrong), they have “offered” Gunts a three-game ban and charged Forest and Leeds with failing to control their players. The latter charge will probably see us in hot water, as we were twice in trouble after matches against the Sheep last season (where, like this time, it was the opposition who were starting the aggro, albeit with provocation).

It’s just plain ridiculous – I was going to concentrate on Billy’s slightly controversial reaction (if you read into his post-match comments he seems to suggest that Gunts should have retaliated, just not there and then!), but this has been somewhat overshadowed.

I do not condone Gunts’ actions, and concede that if the ref had seen it, he probably would have walked; I also recognise that bad behaviour on the pitch gets replicated by kids (and grown-ups) on pitches up and down the country and should be stamped out (groan – sorry!). On the Cardiff issue, it is great for both Cardiff and Championship fans generally, at least in the short term, that a quality Premier League player will be plying his trade in a somewhat pedestrian division. But in the same breath, I would urge the FA to have a long hard look at themselves…