January changes paying off, says Bollan

Cowdenbeath continue their battle to move off bottom spot against in-form visitors Clyde tonight with Central Park manager Gary Bollan wishing that he could turn back time.

A recast Blue Brazil team has picked up eight points from their last four games and Bollan reckons that shows changes made in January have been proven to be right.

The former Forfar boss said: “I wish I could take us back a couple of months and use the squad that we have now.

“We now have everyone shooting in the same direction, doing things properly and going all out to win games.

“We have improved our position recently but things would be even better if we had all been together earlier on.”

One of the improvements Bollan has helped deliver is resilience as was evidenced on Saturday when they drew 2-2 at Stirling .

He said: “It was good that we had the spirit to come back into the game twice. But it is a game that we could have won.”

“We fell behind the second time to an unnecessary penalty and the longer the game went on we looked the more likely side to win, so while that was good there is a case to be made for saying that we could have done even better.

“Clyde are on a fantastic run just now but Stirling had also been doing well and we acquitted ourselves well there.

“The run Clyde has been on has been helped by David Goodwillie being in terrific form.

“They defeated league leaders Montrose 3-0 at the weekend and from the reports I have received there was a 15-minute spell before half-time where Clyde were well on top and grabbed their three goals.

“We know that it will be tough but we are prepared for that.”

Blue Brazil midfielder Bryan Gilfillan is a doubt after being injured at Forthbank, though Jordan Hornby is available again.

Clyde boss Danny Lennon is facing Cowdenbeath in a competitive game at Central Park for the first time since leaving the Blue Brazil in 2010 for St Mirren.

He explained: “I have been back once with St Mirren for a friendly that was agreed as part of the deal that took me to Paisley. When I left it would be fair to say that Cowdenbeath were punching above their weight, but like all part-time clubs in Scotland you get peaks and troughs.”