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Manager Paul Hartley and club captain Mitch Megginson spoke to the media after our 2-1 defeat by Clyde in our cinch League One clash at Broadwood Stadium.

Paul said: “I’m bitterly disappointed we lost the game.

“You can’t be giving away the goals we conceded, especially against Goodwillie (Clyde captain David, who netted twice in the first half).

“We spoke about him before the game, we showed them (the Cove players) what he’s good at, but we gave him soft goals.

“We made mistakes, which happens, but I thought it was a good reaction from us in the second half.

“We controlled it and had something like 25 attempts at goal, but just couldn’t get a good break.

“It was really good stuff, but you’ve got to keep the back door shut, especially with Goodwillie about.

“Give him opportunities and he will use them because he’s very clinical, one of the best strikers in the league.

“We didn’t cope well enough with him on the day.

“You have to be strong, as a team, away from home.

“We had players missing but there is no chance of us using that as an excuse.

“We had good enough team on the pitch and subs.

“It doesn’t help when players are missing, but we can still do a lot better.

“This is an unforgiving league, you have to be on your game every week.”

Paul praised young defender Jevan Anderson, who impressed in what was his first start for the club – at left-back – although he was forced to go off injured after suffering an ankle injury during the second half.

Paul said: “He did well in what was a little bit of a different position for him, he’s more of a central defender.

“He could even have scored, but then went over on his ankle.

“We will get that x-rayed before we know how bad the injury is but hopefully Jevan will be okay.”

Mitch said: “We controlled the game and created numerous chances, but you can’t gift one of the best strikers in the league the sort of chances we did.

“If you do he’s going to punish you and suddenly you have given yourself a mountain to climb.

“We keep conceding soft goals, especially away from home, so we need to stop that.

“We aren’t going to score two or three every week, so we need to get back to where we can maybe go away and come back with a 1-0 win.

“We have shown we can do that, we had the most clean sheets in our division the previous two seasons.

“We’ve taken pride from having one of the best defensive records in the whole of the SPFL and accept we need to get back to those sort of standards.

“Despite losing the two goals, it was a game we could still have won.

“It was one of those days when we just didn’t get a break.

“Scott (Ross) had a header that bounced off me as it was going into goal and Jevan (Anderson) had a one that was cleared off the line.

“Unfortunately that happens in football, there are occasions when it just doesn’t fall kindly for you.

“The positive thing is we are at least creating plenty of chances and one day they will all go in.”

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