Heads were turned in Scottish football by an epic outburst from the Ross County manager, Derek Adams. In the aftermath of a defeat against Dundee on Saturday, Adams castigated the standard he has encountered in the Premiership since returning north from the giddy heights of League Two and Morecambe. “Rubbish” was among the descriptive terms used by the 48-year-old.
Adams can be accused of exhibiting hyperbole and sour grapes after the concession of a 97th‑minute winner. Nonetheless, nobody who sampled the first final of this Scottish season could reasonably dispute his core point. This was tetchy, scrappy, bitty and attritional. Thud and blunder.
