Stirling Albion boss praises comeback but urges defence to tighten up

Stirling Albion supervisor Darren Younger praised his facet for recovering from two targets in opposition to Elgin Metropolis on Saturday however is aware of they should reduce out the defensive errors.

Second-half targets from Robert Thomson and Aaron Dunsmore earned a 2-2 draw with Gavin Value’s males, who had led 2-0 on the break however let their benefit slip with defender Darryl McHardy additionally despatched off for a second yellow card with 12 minutes remaining.

Reflectiong on the weekend’s draw – which ended the Moray males’s run of 4 straight wins at Forthbank – Younger stated: “It was very irritating as a result of I assumed we had all of the play earlier than they scored the primary objective. It was a really poor one to concede as a result of they only got here straight by us.

“It was one other mistake that led to the second objective and it was the identical at Dumbarton after they in all probability had three pictures heading in the right direction and scored two targets. This time it may need been two pictures heading in the right direction and two targets.

“We had some harsh phrases at half-time and acquired two good targets to get again within the sport.

“It was simply disappointing that we didn’t handle to get the three factors after that however coming from two targets down confirmed nice character and spirit. I assumed younger Josh Cooper got here on and did very nicely after Dale Carrick needed to go off as a result of he had jarred his knee.

“It’s some extent on the board and we have to try to get our first three factors in opposition to Stenhousemuir – they're an enormous, robust crew and we will’t preserve giving groups two targets of a begin.”

The Binos misplaced 2-0 at Dumbarton of their cinch League Two opener and have to tighten up on the again after they face Stenhousemuir at Forthbank this weekend.

Albion then have back-to-back away video games in opposition to an Annan Athletic facet who simply missed out on promotion final season after dropping to FC Edinburgh within the play-off last and early leaders Bonnyrigg Rose, who had been Lowland League champions in 2021/22.

Left-back Cammy Clark will miss the go to of the Warriors resulting from suspension however skipper Ross McGeachie had changed him in opposition to Elgin after Clark’s pink card at Dumbarton.

And winger Danny Denholm needs to be obtainable to face Stephen Swift’s crew, who kicked off with a 1-0 house win over Albion Rovers however had been overwhelmed 2-1 by Annan at Galabank on Saturday.

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