KIRK BROADFOOT last night revealed he had to leave Kilmarnock because he was taking his frustration with new boss Angelo Alessio out on his children.
The defender has signed a two-year deal to return to first club St Mirren after cutting short his time at Rugby Park.
And the former Rangers player claimed the entire Killie dressing room was unhappy with Alessio’s training methods.
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He said: “I could have stayed at Kilmarnock but I wanted to move on. Me and the manager didn’t get on so I didn’t want to stay there and be unhappy. I wanted to go and enjoy my football in the last few years of my career.
“Change always happens with a new manager. But to go from black to white overnight and have a whole dressing room not enjoying it is something I didn’t want.
“I didn’t enjoy training. I’m a big trainer and I love the gym. But I was going in every day and not enjoying it and then taking it home.
“I was frustrated and angry with my kids and that wasn’t fair. So I decided to move on. You have to be happy day in, day out. I think I would still have played at Kilmarnock this season but if you’re not happy then it would have come to a boiling point. You just get frustrated.
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“You’re doing things in training that you never do. I didn’t want to be training at a slow tempo and then having to go over to the gym to run on the treadmill because I wasn’t fit enough because training was so low.
"I came to St Mirren and right away it was a proper training session. I could feel it in my legs. That’s what I like.”
Broadfoot is eager to get going with Jim Goodwin’s side having previously played for the club for five seasons.
He added: “I’m delighted to be back at St Mirren. I said to my family that it would nice to go back to where it all started to finish my career. And I think that’s how it will turn out.”
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