GETTY Paul Hartley is fuming with Pat Nevin

Furious Hartley hit out at Nevin, who criticised how the Dark Blues defended during their 1-0 defeat at Aberdeen on Friday. Hartley claimed he has stopped watching the BBC’s Scottish football highlights show – branding it “the worst programme I’ve seen” – and he has even banned his players from appearing in the studio as guests. Hartley said: “He doesn’t know what he is talking about, and it’s the same every week. “That’s why I don’t watch it, it’s why I wouldn’t have any of my players going on it – and I wouldn’t go on it myself.

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“It’s the worst programme I’ve seen. Does it have any credibility? No, it’s got none. It’s not what it used to be like, back in the Eighties when you wanted to sit up and watch Sportscene on a Saturday night. “Now you don’t want to watch it, you just hear people talking about it. It’s disappointing. “He can have his say but he’s talking absolute rubbish. The programme is terrible. No matter what anybody says, it’s garbage – and I’m not the only one who thinks that.” Nevin didn’t mince his words on Sportscene, saying: “Paul Hartley was talking about the fact he thought the way the team was organised, the structure of the team was quite good.

“But I wasn’t convinced by the defence at all. Time and time again, Aberdeen found space. There’s no excuse for this (four defenders bunched up at the halfway line) if you are Dundee. “You could throw a blanket over them. That’s not the way to defend. That’s awful defending, they’ve all got close, but the worst part is that Adam Rooney is the most important player in the team, the top goalscorer, and nobody is near him. It happens all the way through the game.” Hartley questioned former Scotland, Chelsea and Everton winger Nevin’s qualifications to pass judgment on matches. “He wasn’t a defender. He has never coached or managed a team,” added the Dens Park boss.

GETTY Paul Hartley took over as Dundee boss in 2014