Hearts interim supervisor Steven Naismith felt referee David Dickinson bought three main selections improper in his aspect’s 2-2 draw with St Mirren.
The 10-man Jambos earned an unlikely level when second-half objectives from Josh Ginnelly and a Lawrence Shankland penalty deep into added time cancelled out first-half strikes from Joe Shaughnessy and Ryan Strain.
Naismith praised his gamers for battling again to salvage one thing from the match however felt their trigger had not been helped by the match officers.
He disputed the crimson card proven to Peter Haring halfway by way of the second half and the free-kick gained by St Mirren that led to their second purpose, whereas he additionally felt that Haring ought to have had a penalty early in the second interval.
Naismith mentioned: “For me it’s three selections (the referee bought improper). At the crimson card, VAR is concerned in that as properly, however I personally disagreed with it.
“I assumed it was a foul to cease the sport from a counter-attack. It was proper in entrance of me, I didn’t suppose it was aggressive and even the velocity I don’t suppose is extreme.
“The foul for the second (St Mirren) purpose, I don’t agree with. I’m lucky sufficient to have seen it once more. Hilly (James Hill) simply goes and wins the ball however but we get given a foul towards us and it price us.
“I believe we may even have had a penalty. This is our footage however I can see a transparent pull on Peter Haring who’s going into the world the place the ball goes. I mentioned final week I used to be pissed off (with the match officers) and I’m pissed off once more this week due to an absence of consistency.
“The ref was really good at the end of the game, allowing me to speak to him and have a discussion and a conversation about it which is fine. I get his point of view and his team’s point of view but it doesn’t help us (in the chase) for three points.”
Meanwhile, Stephen Robinson felt that St Mirren’s progress this season could possibly be measured by the very fact they had been disenchanted at solely drawing with Hearts.
The end result severely dents the Paisley aspect’s probabilities of qualifying for Europe however Robinson felt a way of perspective was wanted.
He mentioned: “It feels like a defeat but when we’re disappointed with a point against Hearts it tells you how far St Mirren have come. The circumstances with the game practically done make it hard to take but I’ll get round the boys and we’ll speak to them. There are lessons to be learned for everyone, but ultimately we should’ve seen the game out.”
Discussion about this post