HOOPS KIDS TO COME ON A TON NOW
TOMMY McINTYRE believes his young Hoops can thrive on the pressure of facing Championship Morton in the SPFL Trust Trophy.
Lowland League Celtic B host Gus MacPherson’s Ton in the second round today and McIntyre said: “Morton will be a different test to what they’ve faced before.
“They are in the Championship but we want to take our players out of their comfort zone and it is a great challenge for them.”
Stewart Petrie hopes losing their unbeaten record can fire up Montrose for the visit of Stirling Albion.
The Gable Endies lost 2-1 to Dumbarton last week and boss Petrie said: “That just showed you have to keep putting in the hard yards or you have no chance of winning games, so it was a wake up call.”
Darren Young has called for more of the same from his East Fife side when they head back up to Peterhead a week after their 3-0 league win there.
Young said: “It was an excellent performance last week and we will look to do the same again as we want to go as far as we can in any cup competition.” Brian Reid has backed Albion Rovers side to end their threegame losing streak when they host St Mirren B.
Boss Reid said: “It is important that we try and get back to winning ways quickly as we can’t feel sorry for ourselves.”
Stenhousemuir gaffer Stephen Swift is ready to ring the changes for the trip to Cove Rangers.
He said: “We are all hurting after the defeat to Kelty last week and we might need to make a few changes, just to give other players who have been patient in the wings an opportunity.”
Cowdenbeath welcome Alloa Athletic while Arbroath head north to take on Aberdeen B.
Queen of the South manager Allan Johnston could hand son Max a debut against Broomhill tomorrow after his loan switch to Palmerston from Motherwell.