Kevin Deeney says Irvine Meadow needed to field intelligent to get the higher of Glasgow heavyweights Pollok.
Callum Graham's early strike left 'Lok reeling at Newlandsfield earlier than Bryan Wharton landed the knockout blow with a second half header.
The hosts stayed on the entrance foot for a lot of the West of Scotland League Premier Division contest however their powder puff assaults did not get by means of Meadow's disciplined rearguard motion.
And Medda No 2 Deeney - standing in for gaffer George Grierson who's recuperating after a hip operation - admitted his facet's ways have been straight out of ring king Mohammad Ali's playbook.
He advised Ayrshire Soccer Information: "We scored with a nothing probability however as soon as we went a objective up we thought, what, we'll squeeze the life out of them.
"That they had one first rate probability with a header which was offside anyway however Louis Kerr had one cleared off the road for us and I assumed, 'we will rope-a-dope them'.
"At half-time it was a case of simply allow them to have the ball if they are not going to harm us. It kinda labored the way in which we might hoped."
Meadow broke the impasse with simply six minutes on the clock - albeit towards the run of play.
Connor Boyd's headed flick-on despatched Graham in behind the Pollok backline and the striker's first-time shot squirmed underneath goalkeeper Jordan Longmuir and trickled in the direction of objective.
Every thing then appeared to go in sluggish movement as Longmuir lunged on the ball, succeeding solely in flicking it again up into Graham's path who used his thigh to internet from level clean vary.
Pollok responded by preserving Meadow largely camped in their very own half however for all their possession they solely troubled goalkeeper Marc Waters as soon as earlier than half-time.
Robbie Buchanan's curling strike from the sting of the penalty space appeared destined for the underside nook however Waters received down nicely to bat the ball to security.
Meadow would have been anticipating the hosts to up the ante within the second half however that merely by no means actually materialised.
Substitute Chris Duff had an early probability from a nook kick however could not steer his header on course.
On the different finish, Kerr served a well timed reminder of the Meadow's menace by fizzing a 30 yard strike narrowly previous the submit.
Kerr would flip supplier in 53 minutes when his free-kick close to the nook flag was headed house by Wharton to place Meadow firmly within the driving seat.
Boyd virtually made it 3-0 5 minutes later when his side-footed effort crept inches previous the submit after a sweeping Medda assault.
Pollok continued to huff and puff as they looked for a manner again into the sport however Meadow have been merely in no temper to let their grip on the three factors slip.
They defended magnificently from again to entrance, profitable their particular person battles all around the park and proscribing Pollok’s finest alternatives to set-pieces.
The hosts had shouts for a penalty for handball waved away by referee Andrew Craven within the closing phases.
However few would have begrudged Meadow their clear sheet as they clocked up a 3rd Premier Division win on the trot to remain inside three factors of recent leaders Darvel.
Deeney insists he’s not too shocked by the transformation within the Ayrshire outfit’s fortunes since a change of administration in September.
He stated: “I’ve at all times thought the gamers have been there. What George is de facto good at is getting a construction in place.
“The gamers know what they're doing. Virtually anybody can are available in and do it as a result of he’s actually organised. And that’s all we're - fairly organised.”
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