PLAYER REACTION: MCINTOSH

Dumbarton 12.12.20

Player reaction:

Striker Leighton McIntosh is annoyed we failed to take advantage of the numerous scoring opportunities we created during our 1-0 League One defeat at Dumbarton. “It was a tough game but we had enough chances to win it. Unfortunately, the ball just wasn’t quite falling the way we needed it to.

Then we went a goal down, just after half-time, which gave them the chance to park the bus and make it even more difficult for us. We kept working hard but in the end, it was all a little too late.

The striker’s frustration was compounded when he saw a 83rd minute header deflected on to the woodwork by Dumbarton’s Polish keeper Kevin Dabrowski.”

Leighton said: “I was sure it was going in. When I got my head to the ball I don’t think I could have directed it any further into the bottom corner.

The keeper has somehow managed to almost scoop it back on to the post, it certainly looked like he got a touch, and it was then scrambled clear.

After that happened, and after the way we were denied by him earlier in the game, you couldn’t help thinking ‘it’s just not going to be our day.’

It was annoying because I feel we deserved something for the effort we put into the 90 minutes.” The result made it four league games without a win for us, a run that Leighton is desperate to see halted when we entertain Clyde at Balmoral Stadium today. The striker said:

“It’s a new experience for us, we are more used to winning runs with Cove. The onus is now on us to make sure we start taking our chances to put more pressure on our opponents.

I accept that we have played well in spells of the last four games - but at the end of the day it’s all about the results.

We don’t want to just be known as a team that has come up into the league and does well playing pretty football. We would much rather we were also known for grinding out results when we have to.”