Mcglynn delight at draw and says Raith slight favourites now
John Mcglynn has accepted that Raith Rovers will be slight favourites going into Saturday's promotion play-off second leg against Dunfermline after the goalless first- leg draw at East End Park.
But he insists that there is no pressure on the Stark's Park side as they look to use home advantage to progress through to the semi-final against Dundee.
"We're delighted to come here and go away with a 0-0," Mcglynn said. "We defended very well, the team organisation was good and we passed the ball really well.
"We just found it hard to open them up, but we live to fight another day.
"The pitch [at East End Park] is very good but we're used to our pitch better with regards the movement of the ball, and the passes that were maybe just slightly mistimed or misplaced, that won't happen on Saturday. It's much slicker for us on our own pitch. Saturday can't come quick enough.
"With regards to being at home, Dunfermline's away record is not that great. Last time we were here we lost 4-1, so I would think slightly [advantage Raith], but there's not any pressure on us."
Mcglynn hailed his goalkeeper as Raith relied on a fingertip save from Jamie Macdonald to deny Kevin O’hara in the first half.
"The amount of times he's saved us all season. It's hard to calculate how many points he's saved us and that's why I picked him as my player of the year,” he said.
Pars boss Stevie Crawford took enough positives from his side's performance to head to Kirkcaldy with confidence.
“Other than not scoring a goal there were a lot of good things,” he said.
“I think our goal attempts were into double figures and Jamie Macdonald pulled off a couple of great saves but our application and focus on the game has been excellent.
“It was a good battle and Saturday will be no different.
“It was two Championship teams playing the game in the right manner.
“We know the job in hand, we know what we’ve got to do to go through and play Dundee.”