Falkirk manager John Hughes insists he has no qualms about playing Kevin McBride in tonight’s crucial relegation battle against Hamilton despite the midfielder’s stinging criticism of the Bairns supporters.
The former Motherwell playmaker launched a stinging attack on his own fans at the weekend, branding them ’embarrassing’ and the ’worst in the world’ after he had been on the receiving end of flak from the stands.
Hughes needs the Falkirk faithful and the players pulling in one direction as they look to overturn the two point deficit at the SPL basement. Victory for the Bairns at Hamilton this evening could lift the club off the bottom of the league for the first time since March and Hughes insists he is not fretting over the fans reaction to McBride’s outspoken remarks. He said: "The fans have been fantastic, you have to get to know them. "After that bit in the paper regarding Kevin McBride, I guarantee you they get right behind him. "I would have no qualms at all about putting him in there. "I have none whatsoever.
I remember when they used to boo me, they hated me when I first came to the club but I worked hard to win them over and that’s what it’s all about. "Kevin McBride takes responsibility on the ball that other players might not take and I know the Falkirk fans, and I will know they will get right behind him.
"He has had a go but they will take it on the chin and I think one or two of them will say, ’he’s right’. "There are right good supporters too, I think it’s only a minority that are giving him stick. I think it’s uncalled for and I think they will take it on board."