Derek Adams' infamous Scottish football rant comes back to haunt him as Morecambe nightmare crashes to new low
dailyrecord.co.ukDerek Adams made the headlines for all the wrong reasons last year with an infamous tirade about Scottish football - but those very words are now coming back to bite the former Ross County boss, whose Morecambe team currently the only team in Britain who are yet to score a league goal.
The 49-year-old was less than a month into his second spell in charge of the Dingwall club when his comments in the wake of a 1-0 home defeat to Dundee last December sparked uproar up and down the country.
Adams tore into the standard of football in Scotland, describing it as "shocking" before claiming that the teams he had managed in the English fourth tier prior to returning north of the border - Plymouth, Morecambe and Bradford City - were "miles better" than the Staggies team he had at his disposal.Days later, Adams stood by his astonishing rant but admitted regret in directly making reference to one of his former clubs.
In January 2024 he also defended his decision to come back to Ross County but conceded that he had not done his "homework" on the club before accepting the role.
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