Cardle cross over more lost points

JOE CARDLE could not hide his frustration after Partick Thistle’s 2- 2 home draw with Falkirk when the Jags threw points away at the death for the second week in a row.

A freak goal from Calumn Morrison gave the visitors the lead early on before goals from Brian Graham and Cardle in quick succession swung the momentum in the hosts’ favour. Ian McCall’s men looked like they would claim a precious three points, only for Charlie Telfer to strike just before full time to ensure a share of the spoils.

Thistle are now eight points behind Cove Rangers in the race for the title, just four games into the campaign.

“We haven’t been anywhere near good enough,” Cardle admitted. “That’s a frustrating factor.

“Even last week [ when Thistle lost 1- 0 to Cove after conceding a stoppage- time goal] if we ride it out we get a draw. We should have four points in our last two games and instead we’ve got one point.

“It’s hard to take but we need to dust ourselves down. There’s no point dwelling on it. We played some good football today. We need to look at the positives, look at the next five games and hopefully get some points on the board to get ourselves back up there.”

Telfer, meanwhile, was delighted to grab the last- gasp equaliser.

“It could be [ a big moment],” he said. “It’s such a short season and every point can be important. We found that out last season [ when Falkirk were pipped to the League One title by Raith Rovers by a single point]. Every point counts, so although there’s frustration that we didn’t get three, we’ll maybe look back and see it as a big point.”