It is not often that I agree with Harry Redknapp, but when he threatened to stop talking to the media, after the FA attempted to charge him with misconduct this week, I had to agree with the Tottenham manager’s stance.

The threat came after comments he made following his side’s controversial loss to Manchester United, when Nani kicked the ball into an empty net despite Spurs goalkeeper, Heurelho Gomes, thinking a free-kick had been given.

Redknapp was furious that referee Mark Clattenburg allowed the late goal from Nani to stand, despite the fact that the Portuguese winger handled the ball in the lead up to the goal. Hence why Gomes had thought a free-kick had been given.

Redknapp called the goal a ‘farce’ and described Clattenburg’s decision as ‘scandalous’.

Now whether or not the goal should have stood is open to interpretation. Nani’s handball should have been punished with a free-kick but it appears Clattenburg decided to play advantage for Spurs. People say Gomes should have played to the whistle, but in a packed and noisy Old Trafford, with the referee towards the half-way line? I see some flaws in that argument. And if Clattenburg did play advantage then as soon as Nani puts the ball in the back of the Spurs net, there hasn't been any advantage and the ball should have been brought back for the original free-kick. One questions if Clattenburg was playing advantage or whether he just missed the handball? But seing as he hasn't clarified his view to the public, we won't know.

However, regardless of Clattenburg's mistakes, the real fault lies with Nani himself. The player knows he has handled the ball and knows Tottenham’s Brazilian keeper thinks a free-kick has been given, therefore it is about as sporting as Thierry Henry or Diego Maradona for him to then to shoot into an empty net.

Sadly displays of sportsmanship like this video below from Di Canio are few and far between with 'the win at all cost' attitude players now have.

But Manchester United were 1-0 up at the time, with six minutes left to play. So you have to question what did Nani achieve? Other than making his side look like they have pick-pocketed three points from Spurs, which they never had in the first place.

However sportsmanship aside, the goal created a massive fall-out as the FA threatened to charge Redknapp for his comments and then Redknapp subsequently claimed he would not talk to the media again, if the FA were successful.

One may suspect that the media and press would be against such threats from football managers, but I agree with Redknapp’s stance.

If he is going to be put in front of the TV cameras after the game the media want him to tell the truth, how he really feels. I am against managers calling referee’s cheats as that is a slur on the official's character, but I feel they should be able to express their feelings of anger towards a referee's decision.

Like Redknapp said himself, is he just meant to come out and say 'it was a jolly good decision by Clattenburg', when he doesn’t agree with it? Of course not - and the media and fans wouldn’t want that anyway.

The FA want to try and control and censor managers to avoid criticism of referees, but it is a foolish tactic.

TV shows like Match of the Day and the Football League Show analyse referees’ decisions anyway. And fans are clever enough to work out when an official has got it wrong or when a manager is being unfair in his criticism.

Censoring them and indeed referees, who also do not come out in front of the cameras, reflect a lack of confidence the FA have in their officials' ability, otherwise they would let them stand up and be counted. It also shows a lack of confidence they have in supporters' ability to form their own opinions.

I think they should let managers speak...and let fans think for themselves.

Do you agree with Redknapp or do you think managers should avoid discussing referees? Leave your comments below.