Sutton caught some flak from the St Mirren boss for his comments last weekend and he’s responded via the pages of Record Sport
Chris Sutton
Chris Sutton says his comments about St Mirren boss Stephen Robinson were intended as a compliment.
But the Record Sport columnist says he still wouldn’t pay to watch his ‘industrial’ team.
Robinson bit back at Celtic hero Sutton‘s comments on Sky Sports when he said St Mirren tend to ‘lump it’ up the park.
The Saints boss said he doesn’t care what Sutton has to say and accused him of trying to stay relevant.
Sutton, speaking to Record Sport ahead of his Saturday column going live, says his comments were intended as a compliment – but he still wouldn’t fork over the cash to go and watch them.
He said: “Stephen Robinson took offence to some of my comments about his St Mirren side – but I was actually paying him and his team a compliment.
“I said he’d done a great job with the tools at his disposal, hailed his efforts getting his team regularly competing for the top six and for Europe.
“All I said was that they were an ugly watch at times and I wouldn’t open the curtains if they were playing in the garden.
“That’s just my feeling. They are industrial at times, they do like to shell it, and that’s fair enough. It’s effective and good on Robinson for making his team tough to beat.
“I just wouldn’t want to pay to watch it.”
Responding to Sutton’s comments on TV last weekend, Robinson said: “People always like to tell you good news, so I got told some of it, but everyone’s got an opinion and everyone’s entitled to it. I don’t actually care.
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“To be honest with you, I’m very confident in what I do. You don’t get 400 league games if you don’t know what you’re doing, and yeah, everyone’s entitled to their opinion.
“That’s it. Listen, everyone’s entitled to their opinion, so that’s what people are paying for, is trying to stay relevant, and it doesn’t bother me too much to be honest.”
Read Chris Sutton’s full column in tomorrow’s Daily Record and at dailyrecord.co.uk.