O'Reilly revels in Warriors winning performance

Euan O’Reilly reckons he could have had a hat-rick on Tuesday night against Montrose but that he is happy just to help the team stay in with a shout of progressing out of group B of the Premier Sports Cup.
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Speaking to Warriors TV, he said of the 2-0 result: “To a man, we were excellent. “The gaffer was keen on us keeping our shape and we really did that on the night.

"I’ve not played in a couple of games but I felt I did well.

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"Coming here and getting three points is huge and it leaves us with a chance in the group.

Euan O'Reilly's double secure the win at Links Park (Photo: Scott Louden)Euan O'Reilly's double secure the win at Links Park (Photo: Scott Louden)
Euan O'Reilly's double secure the win at Links Park (Photo: Scott Louden)

"It felt like season before scoring with a couple of chances being missed and despite us dominating the match, we were still level.

"I suppose if we weren’t creating them, it would be a bigger problem.”

He added the introduction of last season’s club top goalscorer, Tam Orr, helped the Warriors find the opening goal on the night.

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O’Reilly slotted home his first on the rebound after the goalkeeper made a stunning stop to deny Orr.

"Tam coming on was great,” he said. “Last season, his numbers were scary and he is a brilliant goalscorer.

"Matty (Yates) and Tam put in a shift up front and they did the hard graft.”

The winger also thinks he could have had another goal, with a strike in-between his two goals being called narrowly offside by the linesman.

He added: "It could have been three for me. I don’t know what I would have done with myself if I scored a hat-trick. I must have been only a yard offside.”

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