McGlynn on Stranraer victory - 'Pre-season matches shouldn't see fouls flying in like that'

The Bairns won 1-0 against Stranraer through an Aidan Nesbitt strike, and the visitors’ Craig Ross was sent off for a shocking tackle on Sean Mackie in the second half.

McGlynn said: “For the first 20 to 25 minutes of the match, I was really pleased.

“I thought that we had a great chance four minutes into the game that I don’t know how we didn’t score. The goalkeeper made a double save but we should score.

“The passing and movement were excellent and the goal we scored was a showing of that.

“After that, we lost the way were playing a little bit and we stopped that great tempo we had going.

“We resorted to a little too many high balls for my liking. It didn’t flow as well as we wanted it to and that carried on into the second half.

“It was frustrating but I was happy to win the game.

“Mentally it will do a lot for the team and it was also good to take a clean sheet from the match.”

An irked McGlynn admitted that the game’s ill temper had left a sour taste in his mouth, though.

“Stranraer committed a few fouls that were totally blatant,” he said.

“I don’t they could have much to complain about and that always brings a reaction.

“They were basically just scything players down, and when you already have guys out injured, you don’t want to see that happen.

“For me, in a pre-season game, that shouldn’t be something you see, players flying in a million miles late.”