Dalbeattie Star boss slams "shocking game management" after 3-3 draw with Newton Stewart

Dalbeattie Star boss Eddie Warwick has slammed the “shocking game management” that proved costly for his side against Newton Stewart.

And he has warned his players they need to realise the competitive action has started following the summer break.

The South of Scotland League champs drew 3-3 with Newton in their opening game of the season, the visitors scoring from two corners and a penalty.

Warwick said: “Players were switching off and they need to wake up and smell the coffee that the season has started.

“The boys didn’t really get much time off but they need to give themselves a shake, wake up and do their job at set-pieces and take responsibility if the blame lies at their door.

“We don’t finger point but collectively it wasn’t like us. We’ve not lost a lot of goals from corners. It was poor concentration levels and shocking game management at key moments of the game.

“The five minutes before half-time, the five minutes after, the first 10 minutes of the game and five minutes at the end are the four times you cannot conede goals and we’ve conceded two in thos areas.

“If you lose three goals you probably don’t deserve to win a game.

We’re not going to panic, it’s the first game and it’s a difficult start.”

Dan Carmichael gave Star an early lead and they could have been further in front soon after only for Ross Hunter to see his penalty saved by Euan Drysdale.

And Newton then levelled when Marc Whyte scored from a corner.

Adam Jamieson then put Star back in front when he scored direct from a corner but just before the break Newton levelled from another corner, once again through Whyte.

And the visitors took the lead early in the second half when a trialist scored a penalty.

That looked set to