Kenny Shiels tells it like it is, and that’s why he’ll be keeping his mouth shut from here on in.
The new Morton manager has been told by doctors that he can no longer give post-match interviews to the press, as speaking in front of the cameras makes him ’emotionally unbalanced.’
Shiels was forced to watch Morton’s games against Falkirk and Hamilton – his first for the club – from the stands as he served out a touchline ban from his time at Kilmarnock.
The Northern Irishman was sacked by Killie in June, shortly after he questioned the impartiality of the Scottish FA and the integrity of Celtic, and he has no intention of letting his mouth run away from him again.
“I have spoken with the doctor and you get emotionally imbalanced,” the 57-year-old told BBC Radio Scotland. “It’s important I don’t compromise my position as manager of Morton Football Club.
“There’s a name for it – you can’t help it. If someone asks you a question, you’re emotionally imbalanced at that time and you feel an urge to tell the truth.
“And, if you feel hard done by, you want to tell the truth about something that happened in the game and you become a victim of that. There are people out there waiting for you to drop your guard.
“It’s my nature that’s the biggest problem and Neil Lennon has that problem too at Celtic. He will tell you he is the same – when you are passionate about something and you put all your energies into it.
“I am probably not intelligent enough to deal with that because journalists can catch me. I don’t think it’s fair to condemn Scottish football. It’s not their fault, it’s my fault.”
Much as we sympathise with Shiels’ plight, his claim that he is “susceptible to be controversialised” is giving us all much guffaw at JOE Towers – Jose, Brendan, Big Sam et al, take note, it could get you out of a pickle some time.
