McCoist’s astonishing attack on Charles Green

Ally McCoist has launched an astonishing attack on Charles Green following his side’s narrow 2-1 League Cup defeat at Forfar.

Rather than deal with the shortcomings on his players and discuss his EIGHTH cup exit in 24 months the Sevco boss turned on his former chief executive who has returned in a highly paid consultancy role.

Following on from McCoist’s claims last weekend that his side were as well equipped as any team outwith Celtic to win a cup Green repeated that boast in today’s edition of The Sun.

With hopes of Hampden glory buried by Forfar, McCoist turned his attention to Green- 12 months after urging supporters to back the Yorkshireman by buying season tickets.

After the defeat the popular former Question of Sport skipper responded to Green’s comments saying: “The self-acclaimed straight-talking Yorkshireman has again let himself down.

“His contempt and total lack of respect for my players, for our football club, for our support and Scottish football in general is appalling – and he is an embarrassment.

“If it was a threat then the self-acclaimed straight-talking Yorkshireman should know that boys from the West of Scotland don’t scare easily.

“If he does come back, I’ll certainly go and pick him at the airport. I won’t have a problem doing that.

“It’s just more hot air that we’ve come to expect from Charles.”

The once friendly relationship between Green and McCoist seems to be broken beyond repair with the current Ibrox boss letting off steam about the Yorkshireman who has returned to the club in a wide ranging consultative role.

“Our players picked up the newspaper at breakfast to be reminded they’re the worst team in Rangers’ history,” McCoist added.

“I’ll tell you, that would be bad luck – to have the worst Rangers team in history and the worst chief executive in history at the same time. That’s downright bad luck.

“Instead of concentrating on the match, their minds are elsewhere and they’re worrying about their jobs. Because, let’s face it, if he’s said we don’t win a cup and we go, then some of the players would be under threat too.

“As team-talks go, I don’t think it was one of Charles’ best.”

McCoist’s views on the worst manager in the history of Rangers and Sevco are unknown.

Last season Spanish striking sensation Franny Sandaza was sacked by Sevco for comments made to a so-called football agent that later appeared on the internet.

Green is unlikely to shy away from McCoist’s attack with the future of the £850,000-a-year manager now under threat.

McCoist’s criticism of Green appeared briefly on the club website under the heading ‘Contempt for our club’ before being removed.