SAINTEES KID IS NO SINNER
CALLUM DAVIDSON has leapt to the defence of under-fire St Johnstone defender Hayden Muller.
And the Saints gaffer insists he’d only be worried if the flak was flying from Sir Alex Ferguson.
The 19-year-old took stick from pundit John Hartson after a mistimed tackle on Ryan Kent gifted Rangers a penalty in last weekend’s 2-1 reverse.
The former Celtic striker said: “This is why you’re at St Johnstone by the way, no disrespect, because you do reckless and stupid things.
“Why go and tackle? Why go on your backside and slide tackle in the box?
“Not using your head, not using your savvy, not using your football intelligence.”
But Davidson is happy with the on-loan Millwall defender and said: “It doesn’t really bother me what other people say.
“And I’d only be worried if Sir Alex Ferguson was phoning me giving advice on my centre-halves.
“Everyone makes mistakes, every young player does it, whether it’s on the pitch or on the training ground. I know I did in my career.
“Hayden has been fantastic for us. He made a mistake and as a defender it usually costs you.
“I’m not fussed about what’s been said because I’ve spoken to Hayden and he’ll learn from it.
“I’m really happy with how he’s progressed already this season, he’s been really good. I don’t think it will affect him.
“There were things he did really well – his reading of the game, his one v one defending was very good and he covered a lot of areas. He knows he made a mistake at the penalty and for every goal there is a mistake somewhere.”