Elgin City manager Allan Hale

Elgin City manager Allan Hale speaks about his team’s 1-1 draw with Spartans.

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00:00Yeah, a really good start. I think when we only got seven or eight points or whatever it was

00:06in October, I think you told me about a couple of weeks ago or something like that, you gave me a

00:10reminder for us. So no, it's been a really good start and a really tough start at that as well.

00:14You know, you look at Spartans tonight, excellent team, play really good football. We were right up

00:19there last year, you know, almost got promotion. And I think our performance, first half in

00:25particular, was really good. I thought we had good control over the game. We moved the ball well at

00:31speed. It's just that last wee bit that we keep talking about. We're just waiting for things to

00:36click and things will eventually click where, you know, the chances we create will convert to goals.

00:42And yeah, look, it's important not to panic. We're still scoring goals, right? I think we're

00:47scoring every game that we've played so far this season. So we are scoring goals. It's just

00:51frustrating that the one can't then become two or three that then gives you the opportunity to

00:56then get three points. But yeah, really pleased with the performance tonight. I think a point was

01:00fair on the balance of the game. And yeah, I think both teams will come away saying it was the right

01:06outcome. A very rapid response to losing a goal, which has got to be encouraging. Yeah, we spoke

01:12about that on Saturday, didn't we? About the resilience that the group have. And you know,

01:16it's something that we work hard to embed into the group that, you know, we keep sticking to

01:20our principles and the things that we're asking them to do. And yeah, I mean, that's as good as a

01:24reaction you can get to conceding a goal. I think it was within a minute, I think, we equalised and

01:30then we've tried to be positive. I think, you know, we've made the sub straight after that,

01:34put two strikers up and, you know, just try and stretch the game a little bit and open up a bit

01:39of space, you know, for the likes of us on that to get in the half turn. But look, Spartans are

01:44a top team. And yeah, I think, as I said, the performance was fine, just the final third,

01:51but yeah, it's a good point. There's no doubt about that.