Rutherglen boss Willie Harvey has praised his facet after they pushed high-flying Darvel shut and says they’re on course.
Glens misplaced 3-1 at house to the West of Scotland League Premier Division title-chasers on Monday evening, following up Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Rossvale, with their hosts bagging a last-gasp leveller to Jack McIlveen’s opener.
However Harvey says the performances have been a marked enchancment following their 2-0 Strathclyde Demolition Cup semi-final defeat to Drumchapel on March 12.
Harvey stated: “We are able to take rather a lot from the sport. The boys reacted nice, the efficiency was good and we labored actually arduous.
“We have been taking part in towards a staff that fairly conceivably may go on and win the league, and we took all of them the way in which. We felt we may have gotten one thing out of the sport however foolish errors allow us to down.
“Don’t get me fallacious – our goalkeeper had a great few saves, however we had probabilities as properly.
“The positives is the change in angle because the Drumchapel debacle – it’s evening and day.
“The boys have been very unfortunate on Saturday towards Rossvale to lose a objective within the 91st minute or one thing like that, and it’s a wonder-strike from 22-23 yards into the highest nook.
“The disappointing factor is we must always have closed it down earlier. However I can’t take something away from my boys.”
Harvey added: “We all know how offended I used to be after the Drumchapel recreation, however the final two performances, we will see ourselves getting back from how we had been taking part in, and that’s an enormous, bonus for us going into the video games we’ve obtained arising.
“I don’t usually criticise my staff, however I felt it was warranted after the Drumchapel recreation, and I really feel its simply as warranted to reward them for the final two video games.
“Their angle is spot-on, their work-rate is nice, they’re doing the appropriate issues now and dealing actually arduous, so I’m happy.
“I’m not proud of the outcomes, however somewhat than offended we’re pissed off, and that’s a very totally different situation.
“We’re pissed off, however we really feel we simply want that one win to essentially go.
“We’ll push on and hopefully get the factors that we have to keep within the division.”
Ex-Glens coach Tony Fraser brings his Cumbernauld United facet to the Hamish B. Allan Stadium on Saturday, and Harvey expects a tense tussle.
He stated: “Tony is certainly one of our former coaches and he is aware of us inside-out, is aware of the gamers, how we play, so he can be up for it.
“They’re within the place the place they’re combating for factors as properly to attempt to keep within the division, so it has all of the makings of a very good recreation.
“The sport up at Guys Meadow completed 1-1. We felt we must always have taken it, Tony felt they need to have taken it, however that’s what makes soccer such an exquisite factor, as a result of all of us have totally different opinions.
“Come Saturday, we’ll be making an attempt actually arduous and we count on a very arduous recreation.”
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