Ruffs and Tuffs Issue 1

The Latest News from The Training Ground and The Squad Overview
The Managers Report
The dawn of a new year.
Starts for us at the new Buffs Park on
tonight. It's a very exciting time for the
football club. Not only have we moved
home ground but we've had a reshaping
of the playing squad and everybody is
very much up for the challenge which is
now to create A successful environment
at The Buffs Park. We had a good start
at the weekend against Clydebank and
we performed really well, the workrate
was excellent. But in this short space
of time it's something that's become
very apparent to me that work rate and
our application are something that is
going to be very important for us and
the boys showed on Saturday what they
are all about, the challenge for us now is
to maintain that over the short term to
medium term and if possible in the long
term increase that over the season
Auchinleck is a difficult game for us.
Coincidentally it was the last game at
Abbey Park. And since then Auchinleck
have won the league and the Scottish
Cup is not something that phases us,
it's something we are excited about,
it's something that is a challenge to us
and something we look forward to and
trying to get the better of an illustrious
opponent. We will just stick to what we
do and if we do that well, I'll be pleased
regardless of the outcome in the game.
The object of the game is obviously to
win it and as it’s the first home game
and we want to go and do that however,
it's more important that we make sure
our behaviors are right and consistent
that will stand us in good stead for the
remainder of the season and hopefully it
proves to be a fruitful season.
There's a few things that we've tried to
address in the closed season. One was
the energy levels within the squad and
secondly is the behavioural characteristics
of the squad at times last season
we let ourselves down by allowing our
disappointment and our response to certain
events was not the way I would like
it to be. We've placed a great emphasis
over the course of the close season on
behaviors and creating a culture at the
club which is something that we can be
proud of and something that the kids
around the club can aspire to be part of
and that's something that we need to
make sure that we are a good example
to the kids
So it's the dawn of a new year but more
importantly it's another era for the football
team to go and kick on and become
more successful on a consistent basis.
I think we'll get the players to do that
hopefully we'll prove that tonight in the
game and obviously looking forward to
future games.
The one that springs to mind is Saturday’s
match against Irvine Meadow it
willl be a difficult game but after we get
the midweek game by it's good to look
onto a derby day on and we hope to right
a few wrongs from last season.
I hope you enjoy the atmosphere and the
show that’s on the park but special mention
to the committee. The volunteers all
the people who have worked hard over
the close season to get the park ready
were not fully there yet and we're a work
in progress in that respect hopefully
everyone has a good evening and enjoys
the game.
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