Source: Team_Talk
Relief and a row for MacPherson
St Mirren boss Gus MacPherson admitted his relief after their point at SPL basement side Falkirk virtually guaranteed their top-flight status. McPherson then rowed with Bairns boss Steven Pressley as they accused each other of lacking respect.Stephen O'Donnell hit an equaliser with five minutes left for the Buddies after Scott Arfield netted a 44th-minute penalty which followed Chris Innes' sending off for a headbutt on Brian McLean.After the two dugouts clashed during a tense relegation battle, the feud continued after the game at the managers' press conference.MacPherson addressed the media first and claimed rookie boss Pressley lacked touchline etiquette.The St Mirren manager, whose side's superior goal difference has all but made them safe even though they are only four points clear with six to play for, said: "There is something you have to learn in the game and that's respect, it was maybe lacking at times."I know things get said and there are actions during the game, it's there and has not materialised today. We got the point and that's the most important thing."When told of MacPherson's comments, Pressley claimed the St Mirren bench were the aggressors during a heated 90 minutes on the touchline.He said: "All I heard was bad language coming towards me. I don't use bad language, it was one directional."Do I think there is a lack of respect shown to me? I think you should ask the fourth official who was using the bad language and who wasn't, I think that was very clear."No bad language came from my mouth. My wee boy, he knows he will be grounded for a year if there is any bad language in my house. In that respect, it was one-directional."Asked if he and MacPherson exchanged the customary after-match handshake, former Scotland international Pressley added: "I didn't go looking (to shake anyone's hands), because of something discussed earlier, a lack of respect."With St Mirren four points clear of both Kilmarnock and Falkirk and the bottom two teams facing each other on the final day of the season, MacPherson acknowledged that his team have staved off the threat of relegation.He said: "It has to be a massive swing on goal difference, when we heard the result at Rugby Park, we were aware of how crucial that point was."There is a relief, a pride in the sense of the achievement as well, not just in that performance but in how we've gone about our business."Falkirk, who host St Johnstone on Wednesday and are bottom of the league on goal difference to Kilmarnock, know they now face a relegation decider at Rugby Park in the final game of the season.Pressley said: "The most important aspect was that we were not reliant on other teams in the closing games - and we aren't. It's still in our hands."