It was another frustrating weekend for Stirling Albion as they crashed out of the Scottish Cup – and for boss Darren Young it was a case of the same problems rearing their head again.
The Binos’ latest defeat – their second in a row to Cove Rangers across league and cup action – makes it six defeats on the spin for the Forthbank side, with the last four games seeing them rack up a dismal record of twelve goals against and just one scored.
Albion’s wastefulness in front of goal has been a theme for the season, with Stirling having the worst goals record by far in League One with just ten goals scored and cup action didn’t provoke a reversal of their fortunes in front of goal.
Instead it was Paul Hartley’s in-form visitors who showed their razor-sharp instincts in the final third via goals from Michael Doyle and Connor Scully to secure a trip to Brora Rangers in the fourth round.
After the cup tie, a frustrated Young said: “I feel like a broken record, it’s just chances once again.
“We’ve let them have a free header at the corner and go 1-0 up then we’ve missed a sitter with a chance from underneath the bar, had another couple of opportunities, finished the half strongest and were the better team in the second half.
“We miss a ball in the middle of the park, the boy runs through three tackles and puts it in – from our point of view, it’s a terrible goal to lose at any level.
“We just need one to go in off someone’s backside at the moment, we’ve had a few scrambles in the second half and had a few good deliveries which we’ve not got on the end of.
“It was a good cup tie in which we played well and minus the two goals, Mark didn’t really have a save to make in the second half but that shows the difference in quality in the
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