Focus must be on football first, insists Ton boss Jon
MORTON boss Jonatan Johansson wants focus to be on the football when former Ton manager Ray McKinnon brings his Falkirk side to Cappielow today for their Championship clash.
McKinnon angered the Greenock support in August when he left the club for the Bairns after just three months and there could be a fans’ backlash on his return.
Johansson accepts some players may be fired up but insists they must channel that emotion in a positive way as they look to pick up maximum points.
Johansson, whose side lost 5-1 to Ayr in their last home game, told the club’s website: “The main thing for the players and myself is to focus on the football.
“It is an extra motivation for some of the players, I do feel that, something that they will need to use and channel in the right way.
“It is good for us that there will be an atmosphere.
“These reasons are maybe different from other times, but still it is going to be a fantastic atmosphere and players should grow from that, I certainly will and look forward to it.
“The players can use it in a positive way but all our focus should be on the football side of things.
“This has to be a place where it is difficult to come and play. We didn’t do that in the last home game.”
Gary Caldwell’s first game as Partick Thistle boss is away to Jim Goodwin’s Alloa and the former Wigan boss told the club’s website: “We know this won’t be an easy first game. Alloa came up last season and they are riding the crest of that wave which gives an enormous amount of confidence and belief.
“They have a good manager who has them very well