It wasn't an irrelevant pop at Wilkins. It was an actual occurance to show the attitude of CKR. He wasn't willing to listen to anyone because he'd made his mind up to go. Wilkins was trying to get him to get into position during the game and CKR turned his back.
It's the way you want to read...
How many reserve games do we play in a month? Rotherham was Aug 5th and he was sold on Aug 30th (the day before the transfer window closed) the day of the Palace game.
He wasn't allowed to play in the reserves and yet was playing a reserve game when the phone call came through to say the sale was on? Yeah, right.
He came on as a sub in the first game of the season at Rotherham. He turned his back on Wilkins when DW was on the sideline shouting instructions...