Allan Hale Sep 24
Allan Hale assesses Elgin City’s start to the 24-25 League 2 season.
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00:00Yeah, and I think there's a bit of frustration, you know, internally within the players and the staff.
00:04You know, we've just had a long debrief there, as you know yourself, about Saturday's performance and the supporters as well.
00:11You know, you can sense the frustration there a little bit with the Sonar game.
00:15Certainly, I think there was a lot of frustration that, you know, we never came away with three points because, you know, for 60 minutes of the game,
00:21we were well in control and created a lot of chances and real frustration that we never took them.
00:26Saturday was a little bit more difficult.
00:28It was really difficult for us to kind of have the identity that I think the team have.
00:33The game became very chaotic when it went to 1-1.
00:36The last half an hour was just basketball game-like, you know, and we lost our structure, we lost our composure.
00:43So in the end, I think when you consider the elements of that and the performance, you know, it's probably a point gained on Saturday.
00:51So, yeah, look, there's so many things to be pleased about.
00:54You know, we've got so much adaptability and flexibility within the squad this year.
00:59You know, people are chipping in from goals from different angles.
01:01You know, that's both our wing-backs now.
01:03We've got goals, centre-backs are chipping in with goals, midfielders have got a couple.
01:06So, although there's maybe frustration that, you know, certain individuals and certain areas of the pitch may be on the fire and on all cylinders,
01:13you know, if we want to be a team that strings positive results together and competes at the right end of the league,
01:19you can't expect the same two or three players to be scoring all the goals for the team.
01:23You know, you need six, seven, eight players chipping in with goals.
01:26And I think we've got that in the team now.
01:29We've got good balance to the team, good depth.
01:30And as I said, you know, we know we've got confidence in the players that can deliver.
01:34So, you know, we're a League Two team, which means our performances will never be perfect.
01:40And, you know, form will be good, form will be indifferent.
01:45And, you know, the whole point of having a squad that's got the depth and quality is that, you know,
01:49when certain individuals are maybe having a dip in form, that other individuals can, you know,
01:54get us the goals and get the chances created for us and put them away that gets us positive results and hopefully three points more than not.
02:01So we're really pleased the way we are.
02:03Of course, there's things that we're frustrated about and things that we can work on.
02:07That's the nature of being a part-time team.
02:10But we've got a group that want to come in and work hard.
02:13And, you know, there's a good spirit here and we're not losing sight of, you know, the next game.
02:18So it's full focus on Celtic now.