The new St Cuthbert Wanderers’ coaching team have been delighted with the response from the players since they took control.
Raymond Gordon, Ally McMillan and Craig Rudd were put in charge of first team affairs earlier this month, following the departure of Paul Hilston.
And Rudd has been pleased with what he’s seen on the training pitch so far. He said: “On our first night after Paul left, we got the boys in and arranged an 11 v 11 bounce match to get them back to enjoying their football. “We got 24 bodies and a referee in and they really put a shift in, it was a really good standard. “Last week, myself and Raymond were on holiday so Ally took the training and they trained well. “On Thursday night, Raymond and I were back, the intensity was great and everything we asked of the boys they did, so we can’t fault them for their effort and numbers. “I came back six or seven weeks ago to train to get fit because in a couple of games they’d been a bit short and asked me to play. “The intensity wasn’t great in training, but we’ve asked them to step that up and they’ve bought into that.” Now the trick will be to get the hard work put in on the training pitch to translate into results in competitive games.
On Saturday, Saints were beaten 9-0 by Lochar Thistle, who moved top of the South of Scotland League in the process. Rudd said: We knew it was going to be tough.