After a comprehensive ‘back to winning ways’ performance the
weekend prior to last, with a two nil home defeat of Queen’s Park spearheaded
by captain fantastic Lee McCulloch, the Ger’s followed up with an impressive
first league away win of the season over Clyde.
Having struggled on the road so far this term, following the
embarrassing defeat to Stirling Albion preceded by a string of uninspiring
draws at Peterhead, Berwick Rangers and Annan Athletic, goals from Dean Shiels
and stoic captain McCulloch insured a change in fortunes.
Banishing the unwanted away record against ten-man Clyde,
Chris Hegarty believes the pressure that had built over the ensuing weeks and
months has eased on the players.
Speaking to BBC Sport, Hegarty proclaimed;
"There was a lot of pressure put on us by the media,"
"It's definitely a big positive for all the lads
getting our first away win.When we
don't perform, the lads get annoyed."
Leaving a defeated Clyde team in their wake, Ranger’s reap
the rewards by standing tall at the top of the Scottish Third Division table,
with a two point cushion exercised over second placed Elgin with a game in
hand.
The 19 year old
defender goes on; "We just had to go out there and put on a really good
performance. I think we showed that."
"The full squad knows that we've got
to get right into people's faces because that's what this league is all about.
"We're getting smashed all over the
place and we need to do that to teams, be a wee bit more aggressive but try to
play football as well and pass them off the park and keep the ball
moving." said Hegarty.
The Northern
Ireland Under-21 captain is looking ahead to Wednesday's Scottish Communities
League Cup tie against Inverness CT, with the hope of retaining his place after
a good performance.
"I knew I had to put in a good
performance and try to keep myself there for Wednesday night,"
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