Queen of the South boss would take ugly win to get side back on track

Queen of the South manager Peter Murphy says he would gladly take winning ugly to haul his side back on track.

The Doonhamers slumped to defeat in the derby clash at Annan and now face Montrose tomorrow desperate to return to winning ways.

After topping the league for a week they went on to lose their next three league matches including a 5-1 thumping at home to Kelty Hearts.

Now Murphy is determined to rekindle Queens’ title challenge by steering his side to a win – with substance taking priority over style.

He said: “I would certainly takes us not playing very well and getting the three points – ideally, with clean sheets and scoring goals and we need to make sure we do both.

“Next up is Montrose who are a good side in this division and we need to go and make sure we are ready.”

The Queens gaffer is still smarting from the Annan defeat – and knows it’s down to the coaches to turn things around.

He said: “It is up to us to keep the players up. We need to improve our play and there was a lot of things I did wrong which I need to look at.

“But when you step back from the game and look, although we lost 1-0 we played well and created chances.

“But we just didn’t take these opportunities which is very frustrating.”

With the home crowd behind them Queens will want to bury their last result on home turf by taking care of Montrose.

Murphy said: “Our home form has been good apart from the last game where we lost 5-1 to Kelty Hearts and the players were certainly made aware of that.

“I think last season Queens had a problem with the home form so we have changed that around. We just need to start picking up three points away from home.

“We have not scored a goal away from home and that needs to change.”