Stefan Laird
Elgin City assistant boss Stefan Laird assesses the 3-3 draw with Edinburgh City.
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00:00Disappointment, a lot of anger at the way the final goal was conceded.
00:09Yeah, I thought it was as I predicted before the game, it was a good game probably for the neutral to watch.
00:17I thought between two good teams, we certainly didn't show ourselves to be a good team in the first 45 minutes, that's for certain.
00:24I thought in the second 45 minutes we were excellent without smelling blood at 2-1 and really going and killing the game off when we were in total complete control.
00:32And it should probably end up 3-4-1, but it doesn't and we pay the price with some horrendous defending in the final stages.
00:43Yes, the first one is, from my viewpoint over there, it's not great, it just looked like a good free kick to be fair to the boy.
00:51We knew that from before the game, he scored an absolute world of a free kick two weeks ago for Firth.
00:56The second one, first of all we should stop the shot, but we don't concede many shots and I think the boy has obviously cut the ball back across himself.
01:05I think Aidan maybe takes a step to the opposite side and thinks he's going to go opposite corner and gets beat at the near post, so he'll maybe be a bit disappointed with that.
01:11But again, redeems himself with a great save maybe 10 minutes later at point-blank range when we make an error.
01:17And then the final one, the final one is a goal you just can't concede.
01:20The most important thing for this club is to stay in the league, but if the club want to graduate beyond those ambitions and try and get into play-offs,
01:30above and pushed and challenged at those stages, the final stages of the season, you can't concede goals like that.
01:36And you've got to get out of this mentality of dropping back all the time when we're in the lead and trying to protect the lead as if we're hanging on away from home at the Nou Camp.
01:45When there's absolutely no need for that, we're in total control of the game.
01:48The ball bounces 10 yards outside the 18-yard box, all it takes is one of our boys to step towards it and clear it.
01:54Referee blows a whistle and it's over.
01:56All three look at each other.
01:58The Edinburgh City boy, because he wants to go and win the game, gets a point for his team, steps forward.
02:03Draper's forced to come out and makes a foul.
02:06And listen, you know when the free kick's given.
02:09You know how football works that this could end up in the back of the net.
02:13But for it to go through the wall in the 93rd minute of the game, for the ball to go through the wall and then win.
02:22You can probably sense exactly what I think about it.