Graham Alexander hits out at Rangers fixture switch delay as he claims Motherwell were an afterthought

Graham Alexander has hit out at the time it took to confirm Motherwell’s rearranged fixture against Rangers.

The Steelmen were due to face the champions on Sunday at Fir Park but Gers requested the game was brought forward to help them prepare for their Europa League trip to RB Leipzig.

But after the initial request was made last Friday, it took until Tuesday for confirmation with Police Scotland and Sky Sports both having a say.

Well CEO Alan Burrows was forced to apologise with some Motherwell fans hitting out on social media as they will now miss the match.

Alexande r believes it was a sensible decision but would have liked it made quicker as he and his squad, "had to prepare as if we were playing on both days which was difficult”.

He added: "The delay in the decision is the thing that frustrates me and us at Motherwell.

"Our first communication was last Friday morning and we understood all the opinions of Rangers, the league, the police, this, that and the other and we said if it was for the benefit for everyone we could go with it.

"But we wanted a decision so we could organise our training week differently because obviously it was all geared up for a Sunday game.

"We didn't find out that it was going to be a Saturday game until late afternoon on Tuesday which is not good really to be fair.

"We still trained but to take that long - I know there is different factors and we have to understand all the different issues around changing a fixture - but I don't think it should take four or five days to do that.

"So apart from that I think it is the right thing to do.

"There are bigger problems to overcome but I just felt we were left to the side, it was like it was all geared for other people apart from us."