NEW Saints manager Jack Ross was left to rue missed opportunities as his debut in the dugout turned into defeat as Dundee United left with a 2-0 win. However he was far from despondent at what he had seen from his new charges.
“There were certainly more good things than not to come out of the game and plenty to be happy about apart from the result. There are areas needing improvement, but we knew this and we will go away and work on these areas.
“Over the piece I don’t think we deserved to lose this game, whether we deserved to win is another matter, but on another day we would certainly have taken something. What was pleasing is we were competitive throughout.
“In the second half we created plenty of good opportunities and had we got one of them even at 2-0 it could have been a different story. First impression though is a lot more good things than bad.
“This was the first time I have seen the players in competitive action this season so that was helpful. I knew we had good players on paper, but you don’t know what you have until you get in and work with them on the training ground.
“It is a balancing act between getting my ideas over on how I want to play and preparing for the next game, but this is the challenge of coming in after the season has started. Good thing is we get to have two weeks now to get out on the training ground before the Hibs game.”
United manager, Ray McKinnon, admitted his team got a tough game of it. He said:
“We knew with Jack coming in here it would be a right tough game and so it proved.
“We dug in at times and took our chances when they came. Tony Andreu’s finish for the second was a moment of quality.”
