Former England manager Sam Allardyce has claimed Cameron Carter-Vickers should "shut his f***ing mouth" after comments on Celtic's tactics.
The defender admitted in the wake of a second derby defeat to Rangers on successive weekends that the approach was "too random" after they struggled to lay a glove on their rivals in front of an expectant Parkhead crowd.
Despite the fact the USA international reaffirmed that the squad is behind manager Martin O'Neill, Allardyce was not a fan of his comments on the strategy. : "
The former Bolton, Blackburn and Newcastle boss told the No Tippy Tappy Football podcast: "“Tell him to keep his f****** mouth shut. That’s what happened last year.
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“Martin is just like Brian Clough — or if you listen to Graeme Souness, this is what I’m talking about, this over-coaching crap — when you can’t think for yourself.
“You must have heard Graeme Souness’ story when he first went to Liverpool and went to Joe Fagan and Bob Paisley and asked, ‘What do you want me to do?’
“They go, ‘What do you mean? We paid X amount of money for you and you don’t know what to do? We must have wasted our money on you.'”
James Collins, who played under O'Neill at Aston Villa added: “That seems like a player that’s not playing very well and is blaming the manager all of a sudden.”
