Raging Kris Boyd has questioned the way Scottish FA chief executive Ian Maxwell has handed the fallout from Rangers' Scottish League Cup final loss to Celtic.
The week that has followed Celtic's penalty shootout victory at Hampden Park has been filled with debates and opinions, with the match officials failure to award Rangers' Vaclav Cerny a penalty for a shirt tug by Celtic's Liam Scales the key talking point.
Referee John Beaton only awarded a free-kick despite the incident appearing to take place on the 18-yard line.
SFA supreme Maxwell later commented a few days later stating, "Decisions will be wrong, that's a given" and promised to "eradicate them as much as we can."
He also alluded to the fact Scotland were denied a clear penalty at Euro 2024 yet they "didn't go to war with UEFA" and jokingly said about the incident providing a greater spotlight on Scottish football.
But none of that washed well with Boyd...
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Writing in his Scottish Sun column, the ex-Rangers goalscorer said: “By urging Patrick Stewart to demand answers over the cup final spot-kick howler, I warned that far too many people regarded Rangers penalty rows as a joke. I didn’t expect Ian Maxwell to be the next to chuckle.
“Why was the SFA chief executive taking the Premier Sports Cup final controversy so lightly in midweek?
“I don’t remember him laughing when Scott McTominay’s goal was ruled out for Scotland in Spain, or when Stuart Armstrong didn’t get a penalty against Hungary at the Euros.
“Oh, the SFA were pretty serious then. But when it’s a controversy over a Rangers penalty, it seems to be all a bit of fun. Well, let me tell you, this is a serious matter.
“Maxwell shouldn’t have waited until Wednesday to address an issue which has dominated the Scottish football agenda all week. And he shouldn’t have laughed and joked about a ‘spike’ in viewing figures on the SFA’s YouTube channel to watch The VAR Review Show.
“He should have gone straight to Collum’s door early on Monday morning to thrash out a plan for driving up standards in refereeing in this country.”
