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People would maybe expect that it was a dirty match but it was far from it. There were a couple of tackles flying in but you expect that and there was certainly nothing too outrageous.

The red cards obviously spoiled the game and the second half was a bit of a non-event when it came to ten versus nine. There was so much going on during the break that it's the first I've been involved in without a team talk.

We just had to try and be professional and we went on to add a further two goals to enhance our 2-0 half-time lead.

We scored some good goals over the weekend and while it was more important to get the fitness levels up, once again that was a definite positive for us.

We have taken some stick over the two seasons about not being too pretty in terms of our football, but we have been constantly working on things to improve that over the summer and I'm sure we will be easier on the eye this season.

Our striking options are reduced at the minute for various reasons and the players available to us are all similar so we really need to be keeping the ball down and getting it in to their feet.

The club have recently secured young so that will ease the pressure on Pat Walker and David Cox; who have been our only signed players available in the forward position.

Jordan Halsman has also joined from Motherwell on a six-month loan and he will add competition to the left hand side of the team. We now have Andy Aitken, Jordan and Steven that are left-footed players after sometimes playing without any at times during games last season.

I can probably add Coxy to that list even though he's convinced he can play with either foot!

So, the club have been busy recruiting players recently and I'm almost certain there will be more to come. The squad is taking shape and we will have good, healthy competition for every department once everyone is fit and well.

I was a little bit worried by the chairman's comments recently as I felt that our squad was a little short in terms of numbers to be thinking about promotion but I'm certainly more comfortable with his ambitions as things currently stand.

This will be our third season in the SFL and after last year's disappointing finish it is time for us to stand up and be counted.

Once we get to the end of August we would hope to have the likes of Graeme Bell back and another one or two further signings in and we should be in a position to do just that. You never know we might even have someone else in by the time you read this column...