In his latest Evening Times column, former Rangers captain, Lee McCulloch, has come out with some curious comments.
He has had his say on the controversy from the weekend.
Alfredo Morelos and Kirk Broadfoot were involved in an altercation, but it emerged yesterday that neither player would face retrospective action from the SFA.
McCulloch says the Killie player is just the latest in a long line of players who will target Morelos.
“This time it was my former team-mate and big pal Kirk Broadfoot who did what so many defenders do which is to try to get a rise out of a player they know to have a short fuse”, wrote McCulloch, in the Evening Times.
“It’s part of the game, football is a tough way to make a living, and Morelos should take it as a compliment. Bad players don’t get such treatment. They get ignored.”
“There wasn’t much to Saturday’s incident, i’m glad nothing more will be done about it, but because it’s the bold Alfredo it has been highlighted.”
“It’s about professionalism.”
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McCulloch’s comments bizarre
It’s pretty strange that McCulloch picks out Morelos as the only one at fault here.
Of course, trying to get under the skin of your opponents is part and parcel of football. In fact, the same can be said for most sports.
Yet, professionalism isn’t what springs to mind upon viewing the footage of Broadfoot’s actions on Saturday.
A heavy challenge to let Morelos know he was there? A word in his ear off the ball? Sure.
However, you simply can’t go around running your studs down someone’s achilles. Especially not after the half-time whistle when players are heading for the tunnel.
Whether it was his ‘big pal’ or not, I’d be amazed if McCulloch would’ve walked away had that been done to him a few years back.
