Graham Alexander bites back at SFA ban as Motherwell boss admits 'I felt like a schoolboy' after Hampden grilling

Graham Alexander admits he might stay in the stands for good after being left feeling like a naughty schoolboy by the SFA.

The Motherwell boss copped a two game ban for losing the rag in the goalless draw with Hibs last month and he’ll be off the touchline against Aberdeen today and Rangers next week.

Alexander might give the touchline a permanent swerve but he wasn’t happy with his grilling from the beaks this week.

He said: “I felt like a schoolboy who hadn’t done his homework. I’m a grown man who has been in the game for more than 30 years.

“I’ve never been in front of a disciplinary panel in 34 years and I don’t like feeling like a schoolboy.

“I didn’t like feeling like a schoolboy when I was a schoolboy!

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“I wanted to grow up and be a man but that’s how I felt.

“It’s just a brick wall.

“I just find it extremely old fashioned. It’s the ‘do as you’re told’, but where does that work anywhere in modern life?

“It doesn’t. I don’t want to be sitting angry at people, I want to get on with people. I’m not this raving lunatic people seem to think or get the impression about from the touchline.

“I am animated, involved and emotional.

“But I have to adapt to the conditions of where I am working, and that’s