Tommy denies Daz claim

Tommy Wright has hit back at comments made by Hamilton’s Darian MacKinnon after Saturday’s Scottish Premiership clash.

The Accies midfielder claimed the Perth manager tried to worsen the heated situation as the teams returned for the second half.

MacKinnon said:“It was a bit heated and even coming out for the second half Tommy Wright bumped into me, trying to get me into trouble. He’s not normally like that.”

Saints boss Wright yesterday quashed that suggestion and explained:“Darian has said a lot of things, like other people at Hamilton have done.

“But the incident was under control, Danny was away and Richard Foster had two of our lads with him – there was a melee because others got involved that shouldn’t have.

“Darian is a lovely lad and I have nothing but admiration for him, with the way he’s turned his life around.

“He’s come up through the juniors and I like that because I took that route as well. But his comments are totally wrong.

“I don’t see how someone standing still in the technical area with their hands in their pockets can bump into anyone.

“The match delegate saw it and mentioned it to me after the game because he knew what happened.

“The fourth official saw it as well, my staff saw it.”

Wright added:“Darian’s memory is going a wee bit because he seems to have forgotten that he had to be pulled apart from Mikey Devlin when they played Dundee.

“That was a similar incident so sometimes you should be careful what you say.

“Darian should reflect on his comments because what he says happened with me definitely didn’t happen.”