Lee Clark: Josh Magennis unaffected by alleged racist abuse
Kilmarnock boss Lee Clark insists striker Josh Magennis has not been affected by the abuse he allegedly received at Tynecastle on Saturday.
Police Scotland are investigating the Northern Irishman's complaint that he was the target of a "racist" remark from the Hearts end during the 1-0 defeat to the Jambos in Gorgie.
Hearts have said they will back police action to weed out the culprit - whose comment made reference to Magennis being Irish but not his colour, religion or sexuality.
And Clark is pleased to see his player put the incident behind him as he focuses on Tuesday night's Ladbrokes Premiership clash at home to Ross County.
The former Blackpool boss said: "Josh is great. He trained well yesterday and was in a positive mood. I had a one-to-one with him to debrief him on his performance.
"I didn't get involved in the off the field stuff - that's a police matter.
"It's being dealt with. Josh is dealing with it in the right way. Both clubs have dealt with it in the right way. It's on-going now so I just move on in terms of the football.
"I spoke to him about what we thought he had done well in the Hearts game and what we thought we could help him with to do better.
"Josh has handled the incident like an adult should. It didn't affect him during the game. He carried on being professional. There is no issue."
Rory McKenzie (groin) remains a doubt but will be assessed by the medical staff while left-back Steven Smith (hip) will see a specialist this week.
Jamie Hamill (ankle) is also out, as are long-term absentees Mark Connolly (hip), Chris Johnston (knee) and Darryl Westlake (ankle).
Ross County boss Jim McIntyre, meanwhile, has revealed Scott Fox could miss next month's League Cup final against Hibernian with a knee injury.
The Staggies keeper was injured during the 3-0 home defeat to Dundee United at the weekend and will have a scan.
Fox is definitely out of the clash at Rugby Park and if McIntyre's fears are founded, then Gary Woods will feature between the posts at Hampden on March 13.
McIntyre said: "Foxy is out. Once we get it scanned we will know but probably at least four weeks.
"He has had some outstanding performances and unfortunately for him he has had two injuries this season and both of them have been quite severe.
"I can't really give a timescale until we get it scanned."
There is better news for McIntyre with Jamie Reckord and Richard Foster returning after suspensions but the County chief rebuffed the notion that his players already had one eye on the Hampden final over the weekend.
He said: "We have lost a match, so it is how we bounce back.
"It is easy to turn round and say they have one eye on the cup final - it doesn't really work like that for me because if you are in poor form running up to it then there is a good chance of losing your place.
"So from that side of things it was just a bad day at office."
Source: PAR
