Inverness manager Terry Butcher has criticised the scheduling of the League Cup semi-final draw after Caley Jags were the only one of the four teams not to be represented.
Inverness were paired with Hearts on Thursday afternoon, while St Johnstone were drawn against Aberdeen but the draw was held in Glasgow, at least an hour’s drive from any of the teams involved.
Butcher could not send a player or attend himself without missing training and he felt a 350-mile round trip was excessive to attend a draw.
Butcher, whose team lost to Hearts on penalties at the same stage last season, said: “Unfortunately, the draw was at 3pm at Hamp- den which was impossible for us to train in the morning and get down to.
“Someone in the SPFL should look at where Inverness is and probably have the draw in Perth or somewhere that’s more accessible to us.”
Butcher was handed a notice of complaint from the SFA yesterday after being sent to the stand in the 2-1 quarter-final win over Dundee United.
He is upset the shine had come off his team’s triumph, which was secured by Ross Draper’s 120th-minute winner.
Butcher said: “I’m disappointed that the brawl in the 43rd minute has overshadowed a good performance by us.”