Streetwise Lennon avoids angry McCoist rant

Neil Lennon has refused to be drawn into a war of words with Rangers boss Ally McCoist.

The Ibrox chief was furious at the decision of the SFA Fast Track panel to uphold Sone Aluko’s two match ban for diving.

Using his clubs’ official website McCoist slammed the Fast Track panel and raised other incidents in which no action was taken.

“It seems to me there are rules for some and rules for others,” the Rangers boss claimed.

“There is a complete lack of continuity and consistency.

“I can remember off the top of my head someone having a fly kick at our keeper last season. I can also remember a Motherwell player getting elbowed but nothing has been done about any of them.”

It has been suggested that those two incidents involved Celtic players but with McCoist refusing to name names Lennon sidestepped the issue

“I didn’t see his comments but if he has made inference to my players then it is not the right thing to do,” the November manager of the month explained.

“I could sit here and pore over contentious decisions to my players between now and Christmas.

“I have not seen his comments and I don’t want to get drawn into tit-for-tat but if you want to talk about contentious issues against my team, you will be here all day.”

Joe Ledley, Kris Commons and Adam Matthews miss today’s match against Hearts through injury but Scott Brown and Charlie Mulgrew could be in contention for a starting place.

Kelvin Wilson could also be in line for a place on the bench after coming through Wednesday’s development team match against Hibs without any set back.

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