‘Lang and Glens hope to be back in action
McColl and Harvey ready to weather storms
Junior football has been washed out over the last two months but both managers at Cambuslang Rangers and Rutherglen Glencairn are ready to strike when they get back to playing.
Paul McColl was happy with his Lang side’s performances before the enforced break and hopes to keep up the league form that has helped them push for a promotion spot in the Central District second division.
His side travel to East Kilbride Thistle this weekend and he hopes their game goes ahead.
McColl said: “The weather is obviously killing football just now but we’ll need to see how it goes.
“It’s disappointing not to have had a game for three weeks. There’s nothing you can do about the weather.”
Turning his attention to this weekend’s match, he added: “East Kilbride are going well this season.
“They were near the top until they had points deducted so it will be a hard game.We’ll see how it goes but I don’t think the East Kilbride park holds the water too well. “All our injuries have cleared up. “I think there are only two still out including Ryan McBeth who is doing a bit of running and is only a week away from coming back.
“We’ve almost got a full squad to pick from.
“The boys have been at training and working hard.
“I’ve been quite happy with our season so far. I aimed to be in the top three by Christmas and that’s where we are just now.
“I think we have a couple of games in hand over Newmains and we’re five points behind Lanark who are top.We’re doing okay this season. A couple of games we haven’t been so good and it would have been good to have won in the cup.
“But with a couple of wins in the league you just never know.
“There’s nothing guaranteed, we’ve still got a lot of games to go.”
Rutherglen Glencairn boss Willie Harvey is doubtful his side’s game will go ahead but insists his players will be prepared if the match does beat the weather.
He said: “It says it all when some of the SPL games are getting called off.
“It’s frustrating because you are trying to get a bit of momentum and then you have three home games in a row and you look to pick up points there.
“We’ve won two out of the past three games and that’s six points won away from home so that is encouraging.”
Glencairn’s youth sides have picked up some impressive results in their respective leagues including their under 21s who still remain unbeaten.
Willie has been impressed with how well each of the young Glens have played this season.
He said: “I saw the 21s a few weeks ago and they were outstanding.
“They have had two draws in the past few weeks but they still remain unbeaten.
“The youth teams are doing well and long may it continue.”