Dougie MacDuff has put his Irvine Vics gamers although a rerun of their West of Scotland League Cup video nasty towards Thorn Athletic.
Now he’s hoping the cruel dose of actuality TV will give the Westenders pause for thought forward of a return to league motion this weekend.
MacDuff was left shell-shocked by the style of his aspect’s unbelievable 7-6 preliminary spherical defeat to decrease league Thorn on Saturday.
And he reckons it’s very important classes are discovered in the event that they wish to put the horror present behind them and proceed the tremendous begin to their WoSFL Division Three marketing campaign.
He stated: “In all my years in soccer I’ve by no means seen something prefer it.
“How are you going to go away from residence, rating six targets and nonetheless not win the sport?
“To be sincere, a scoreline like that, at this degree of soccer is woeful. Anybody glancing at it will in all probability suppose the sport went to penalty kicks.
“Full credit score to Thorn, they deserved to win and I’m not attempting to take something away from them, however from our viewpoint the efficiency was not acceptable.
“The targets we gave away had been horrendous and I count on boys to place their palms up after that.
“We watch the video games again each week and it received’t make for snug viewing but it surely must be finished. This must be a wake-up name for us.”
MacDuff admits his aspect face a check of character this Saturday once they host a Lanark United aspect who sit one place and three factors above Vics within the desk, albeit having performed two video games extra.
He stated: ”We’ve received seven-in-a-row within the league but it surely’s how we react now to a setback that’s vital.”
Vics should do with out midfielder Ciaran Walsh who faces six weeks on the sidelines after selecting up a knee harm within the Thorn loss.
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