Killie boss says club did all they could over virus
Killie boss Alex Dyer last night made a vigorous defence of his club’s efforts to try to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
On Friday, news broke that the SPFL have launched disciplinary proceedings against the club for an alleged breach of their covid regulations.
It centres on the late postponement of the match against Motherwell on Friday, October 2, due to a number of positive results recorded in the Killie squad.
“I believe there will be a lot of work for them to do because I believe it won’t be the last,” said Dyer.
“We’ve come down with it, St Mirren, too, and there will be other clubs. I hope they don’t, but there’s a chance it will happen.
“The SPFL is going to have a lot of work to do.
“If they’re going to start blaming or having inquir ies ever y time someone goes down with the virus, they’re going to have a lot of work to do.
“We f o l l ow e d the protocols since we came back on June 15. We’re coming to the end of October and we’ve had one outbreak.
“We’ve done our job. The club has worked hard to do the right things.
“We’v e had an outbreak and now we’re going to have an inquiry.
“They want to put the blame on somebody and it’s not right.”
Dyer fears he may lose Clevid Dikamona, stretchered off during yesterday’s 1- 0 loss to Hibs, for an extended period.
“It was his ankle, his foot really and, at the moment, it looks very serious,” he said.
“We’ve had no updates. We’re just waiting, he’s gone to the hospital, though.”
It was a bad day overall for the Kilmarnock manager who was left convinced his team got a rough deal from the officials.
“My thoughts are it wasn’t a penalty – and it also happened outside the box,” he said of the game’s only goal.
“I got to see it on our tape and you can see it was definitely outside and it’s cost us the match.
“I was told it was the far- side linesman who called it which doesn’t make sense to me because the linesman this side didn’t give it.
“The referee looked at it then turned away then turned back again and blew his whistle. It’s a hard one to take.
“Against a good side you don’t want to give them anything. I thought it was soft at the time, very harsh.
“But he gave it and we had to carry on with the game. It’s a difficult one to swallow.”
Hibs defender Lewis Stevenson, who rolled his ankle in the game, will meanwhile be given every chance to play in Saturday’s Scottish Cup semi-final.