Hibernian boss Shaun Maloney lacked respect for St Mirren in loss – Jim Goodwin

St Mirren boss Jim Goodwin claims Shaun Maloney lacked the commensurate respect for his Saints side following their 1-0 win over Hibernian on Saturday.

Connor Ronan – on loan from Wolves – scored the only goal of the cinch Premiership fixture at Easter Road.

The defeat left Hibs without a win in five league games and afterwards, boss Maloney said: “We should have scored, three, four, five goals today.”

Goodwin, whose side face St Johnstone on Wednesday night, was not impressed with that summation.

“Clean sheets are important and thankfully Hibs didn’t score the five goals that their manager thought they should have done,” said the Paisley boss, who was pleased to report that striker Eamonn Brophy’s injury was not as bad as first feared.

“I’ve known Shaun Maloney a long time and I am certainly not going to get into a war of words with any manager publicly but I have to say, I was slightly disappointed with those comments because I thought my players deserved a bit more respect than that to be honest with you.

“There was a certain highlights show as well on Saturday night that I thought did us a complete disservice as well.

“You would swear that my boys didn’t kick a ball. Hibs hardly got out of their own half in the first 45 minutes.

“I was very honest afterwards and said Hibs made a good tactical change at half-time and we struggled for the first 10 or 15 minutes, Jak Alnwick makes a save that he has to make but I thought over the piece that we deserved to win the game.

“There are many ways to win a game. Sometimes I think managers try to put a gloss on their own performances.

“My players were outstanding on the day, they never let Hibs get any rhythm in the game and thoroughly deserved the victory.”

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