Nick Montgomery has pointed to Celtic, Rangers and Aberdeen’s successes in Europe in midweek to dispel any sort of truth in Derek Adams’ stinging words over the lack of SPFL quality at the weekend.

Adams returned for his third stint up at Ross County after leaving Morecambe for the Staggies a month ago, and he has overseen two wins from his five games in charge alongside two losses and a draw. But it was a last-gap loss at home to a resurgent Dundee last weekend that boiled Adams’ blood, with the County boss launching a rant about the lack of quality in the SPFL – which rubbed much of the Scottish footballing world up the wrong way, claiming that English League Two had ‘100 times’ the quality of the Scottish Premiership.

Now Montgomery has had his say on the matter, heavily disagreeing with Adams over his harsh words which failed to paint the Scottish game in a positive way at all. Speaking about Adams’ rant ahead of Hibs’ trip to the Highlands at the weekend, the Cabbage boss didn’t hold back when dispelling his theory by showing that Celtic, Rangers and Aberdeen’s European escapades over huge continental sides means Scottish clubs CAN compete.

Montgomery started: “I can’t really agree with his comments but he’s entitled to his opinion. I think it’s a real competitive league. Every week, you are playing against different teams with different playing styles. But I think the standard is very good.

“You only have to look at the three Scottish clubs in Europe last week, that tells its own story. Rangers topping their group, Celtic winning a big game and Aberdeen getting a great result, that shows something. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. But it’s not my opinion, because I think the standard is very good.

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“It’s never nice to lose any game of football. For it to happen in the last minute, it does really hurt. I’ve been there as a player and as a coach. It’s an emotional game, it really is. And it’s not easy being a manager, because you put in a lot of effort during the week, on the opposition, on how you’re going to play.

“New managers come in all the time. I was one. And the first thing is you have to get the players onside. It can take a little bit of time to implement what you want.

“Obviously Derek has come in there a few weeks ago. And he was obviously very frustrated at the weekend, suffering a last-minute loss. I’ve been there. It’s not nice. It brings up a lot of emotion.”

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