ST MIRREN manager Jim Goodwin has warned Neil Lennon and Derek McInnes against airing their dirty laundry in public after the pair announced their concerns that some Premiership grounds aren’t fully complying with Covid-19 protocols.
The Celtic manager singled out Hamilton and St Johnstone as two clubs whose preventative measures could be tighter – something that the two sides strenuously deny – while the Dons boss said there were ‘a couple’ of stadia where ‘the concern is clear from the outset’.
Goodwin, however, says he has no issues with his players’ matchday experience when playing away from home – adding that Lennon and McInnes are doing the game no favours by publicly criticising fellow clubs.
“I think we need to be careful in football,” Goodwin said. “I listen to these managers talking other clubs down in the media. I don’t think it’s healthy, I don’t think it’s positive.
“If they have concerns, go and speak to the people higher up in their own clubs, get them to relay that message back to clubs it involves, speak to the SFA.
“I don’t think we need to go publicly shaming anybody. Every club is doing the best they can with the facilities available to us.
“People within the game, experienced people within the game, need to be careful how they put things out in the public because we’re working very hard – every team is working with the SFA, the SPFL and government to keep the game alive.
“I don’t understand why some managers feel the need to shoot ourselves in the foot like that.
“I don’t see the benefit to football of Neil Lennon and Derek McInnes slagging off other teams saying protocols aren’t being adhered to.
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“All that’s going to do is raise the eyebrows of government officials to say if they’re not doing things properly then let’s stop football. Who wants that?
“I just think there's a proper way of getting your point across. Throwing other clubs under the bus is not something I would like to do.
"I think the two managers in question should know better as well.”
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