Steven Naismith blasts the 'idiots' that could spark Hearts vs Hibs slashed allocations

Steven Naismith has slammed the idiots who could spoil the Edinburgh derby party.

The Jambos boss insists away allocations could get slashed and ruin the occasion after disgraceful incidents soured the clash at Tynecastle. Hearts skipper Lawrence Shankland was pelted by missiles from the away end after scoring a penalty and also appeared to be struck by an object in the second period. Naismith praised his skipper’s calmness to cope before sinking the spot-kick but the Jambos boss said: “All the stuff getting launched on, it’s just not acceptable.

“If that then gets looked at, what’s going to happen is they are just going to reduce the amount of fans that can go into that stand and that’s going to impact what I think is a good atmosphere, a good derby which has a fierce rivalry. It’s just idiots that are going to spoil the party for everybody. I think it was everything that was in everyone’s pockets whether it be coins, vapes or whatever. It’s just not good enough. End of.”

Hibs boss Nick Montgomery was also unhappy with incidents on and off the park. SPFL chiefs will assess the off-pitch scenes and the Easter Road gaffer said: “I don’t condone it, Steven doesn’t condone it. Neither do the clubs. Unfortunately there were a few things.

“Emi Marcondes had it in the first half as well when we had serious pressure on them. He’s tried to take a corner kick and he’s getting stuff thrown at him.”

The Hibs manager was also fuming at referee Kevin Clancy’s decision to award a penalty kick against defender Will Fish for a touch on Kenneth Vargas and also his refusal to change his decisions after being called to the VAR screen.

Montgomery expected the original decision to be overturned and said: “Everyone is expecting that. I don’t