Personally I am not bothered whether he was being respectful or not. It just made me chuckle to hear him going on about respecting and accepting the referee's decisions when the result went our way. I wonder if he will be so generous when we lose three points (or, heaven forbid, a promotion) as a result of a bad decision. Saying "The officials have cost this club dearly" doesn't sound too respectful to me
I think it is much more entertaining when the likes of Warnock go off on one about a referee (you can tell I am not a referee!).