Micky Mellon after accusing his Tannadice predecessor of underselling the quality of the Dundee United squad last season. Mellon guided United to a ninth place finish at the end of the club’s first season back in the top flight.
But his brand of safety-first football did little to win over the Arabs support, who were also unimpressed by constant attempts to dampen expectations by referencing his players’ lack of Premiership experience.
Now former academy boss Courts - who took Mellon’s job when he returned to Tranmere this summer - has hit out at the spin doctor tactics used by Mellon as he insisted Sunday’s draw with Celtic at Parkhead proves his side are good enough to compete with the top sides in Scotland.
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