Albion Rovers boss urges side to turn draws into wins, after costly late leveller

Albion Rovers boss Brian Reid has urged his facet to start out turning attracts into wins as they bid to climb League Two.

Rovers had been twice forward towards high-flying Stenhousemuir, with Jamie Leslie opening the scoring simply forward of the interval, and Callum Wilson restoring their lead after Will Sewell had levelled in 70 minutes.

However a “harsh” penalty and pink card for a Ewan Wilson hand-ball led to Ross Forbes equalising from the spot with three minutes left,

Reid says VAR within the top-flight may need prevented his facet from dropping two factors, however says they might be mid-table if that they had held on for wins in video games they’ve drawn.

He stated: “It was two factors misplaced, we had been the higher group all through the sport, dominated, and created extra probabilities, however two moments of slackness price us with the 2 objectives.

“We hit the crossbar twice, performed rather well, I used to be happy with the efficiency and the gamers – it’s simply wee moments.

“They took a fast free kick, we switched off for 2 seconds and the boy hits a shot. It might have hit anyplace, sadly it has hit Ewan’s hand, however for me I believe it’s a tricky one, as a result of what else are you able to do while you go to dam the ball and it hits your hand from two or three yards.

Reid says his side switching off at a key moment in the game cost them points
Reid says his facet switching off at a key second within the sport price them factors (Picture: Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser)

“It’s a harsh one to get a penalty towards you – you see within the Premiership with the VAR choices, balls hitting individuals’s palms and never getting penalties towards you, so it was a sore one to take.

“To compound that Ewan will get despatched off as nicely, which is a harsh one and a double whammy out of nothing, once we had been so near getting the three factors.

“I used to be happy with the efficiency. I'd clearly have fairly had three factors, but when we hold enjoying in that method we’ll definitely win extra video games than we’ll lose.

“We had an opportunity to attain a 3rd with a fantastic ball from Charlie Reilly to Scott Roberts, and had he slotted it away, that may have been the sport finished.”

Reid added: “We received some extent towards a group close to the highest of the league, however we actually want to show these factors into wins, and it’s one other sore one to take.

“It was much like Annan, once we misplaced two factors with the final kick of the ball, and for those who had added these factors up we might have been sitting mid-table, and in a much better place.

“So we have to flip factors into wins, however at the very least we’re off the underside of the desk.”

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