Cambuslang Rangers co-boss Billy Campbell admits their opening day defeat within the prime flight was a steep studying curve for his facet, however he’s nonetheless seen lots within the efficiency that provides him encouragement for the season forward.
Guests Beith ran out 3-1 winners at Somervell Park on Saturday after Callum McLean had equalised to tug Camby degree going into the half-time interval.
It was Camby’s first match within the Premier Division after final season’s Convention B title win and it proved to be a little bit of a actuality verify for the squad.
And though he had some positives to take from the conflict, Campbell and co-boss Paul McColl warned his facet they should be taught from their errors if they're to make a fist of it in a division that features the likes of huge spending Auchinleck Talbot, Pollok and Darvel.
“It was a little bit of a pointy studying curve for them straight away,” Campbell conceded. “Is it a shock to Paul and I? Completely not. We all know effective properly what’s coming right here if we don’t flip up.
“It was as powerful as we had been anticipating it to be however we by no means bought to grips with the sport within the first 20 minutes.
“We settled in after that and we had been enjoying comparatively properly.
“We bought the equaliser and got here in at half-time, feeling optimistic.
“There have been a few issues tweaked after which we lose an early aim to go 2-1 down. However we're nonetheless within the sport at that time. We had an opportunity with Callum however sadly he didn’t take it. Then we make one other elementary error and get punished.
“Have been they main errors? No, however they had been sufficient the place, at this degree and the calibre of participant you might be enjoying towards, you get punished.
“So from that perspective it has been a little bit of an consideration grabber for the boys.
“They know we should be tidier and tighter everywhere in the park. Total our play was okay. We weren’t miles off it, however I’m dissatisfied with the targets we misplaced.”
Camby now journey to Ayrshire to face Cumnock this Saturday and it'll serve up one other powerful check.
Nevertheless, the guests will hope to have a stronger quad to select from.
Campbell added: “Now we have an enormous problem right here. It is a big step for the membership and an enormous step for a number of the lads. We're one sport in and we’ve bought many challenges forward.
“We’ve informed the boys there’s going to be some bumps within the highway.
“That wasn’t us at full energy and it takes some time for everybody to get going.
“Scott Faulds has simply come again from vacation, Tony Stevenson is out injured however we’ve bought confidence within the boys that they’ll work onerous for Saturday.”
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