East Kilbride boss Kevin Rutkiewicz insists he would fairly have factors on the board than video games in hand after his facet opened up a niche on the high of the Lowland League on Saturday.
A slender 1-0 win over Cumbernauld Colts put Kilby three factors away from Rangers B, who've two video games in hand, and 5 forward of third positioned Civil Service Strollers, having performed a recreation extra.
Rutkiewicz is aware of that as pre-season title favourites the expectation is all the time on his facet to win.
However he’s blissful to place some strain on his rivals forward of a double-header that sees them face Dalbeattie Star tonight (Wednesday) and Caledonian Braves on Saturday.
He mentioned: “I’ve been concerned in soccer a very long time now and you're all the time higher having factors on the board.
“You'll be able to argue with me till you're blue within the face, wherever you're on this planet in soccer, however for me you're all the time higher letting different groups play catch-up after which have the strain on them to go and get full factors.
“In the event that they do, kudos to them, however we’ve bought to verify our home is so as and I felt we’ve finished most likely simply sufficient to beat Colts on Saturday.
“I do really feel while you symbolize East Kilbride, even from the stands, there may be an expectation that we should always simply win.
“That’s not soccer, it simply doesn’t work like that.
“You’ve bought to earn the suitable to win each Saturday, whatever the opposition and the place they're within the desk.”
Saturday’s win ended a run of back-to-back residence video games and not using a win following defeat to Edinburgh Uni and a draw with East Stirling.
So Rutkiewicz will probably be taking nothing as a right when Kilby head to backside facet Dalbeattie.
He added: “We’ve been burnt earlier than and I'll use that Edinburgh recreation to remind the gamers.
“Edinburgh got here right here large underdogs and we didn’t deal with the strain of being the workforce that was anticipated to win that day.
“That would be the expectation stage on Wednesday as nicely, whether or not we prefer it or not.
“Dalbeattie don't have anything to lose. We've to carry our greatest recreation to the desk.”
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