Gilmour makes points about Cove domination

Cove Rangers loan midfielder Charlie Gilmour feels they need to start turning their “domination” of games into points to resurrect their form in the Championship.

Cove have been guilty of dropping key points from good positions, with Saturday’s 2-1 home loss to Morton – where it was 1-1 going into the last five minutes of play – the latest example.

There have been impressive results along the way but also games against Hamilton, Arbroath and Inverness where they have lost out narrowly.

It means Cove remain in eighth spot, not close enough to threaten the Championship’s top sides and not too close to trouble at the bottom.

“Considering how high they (Morton) are in the table, we’ve dominated the majority of the game,” said Gilmour.

“If we’re dominating games like that, we should be higher up.

“Hopefully those fine margins turn into wins and we can climb the table.

“Every game I’ve been in I’ve felt like we’ve dominated.

“We’re more than capable of matching any teams in this league – we just need to turn those draws and defeats into wins.

“We need to manage the game better and be more street-wise, even if we just slow it down for five minutes. We’ll work on it and we’ll be back.”

Gilmour insists he is not looking at Hamilton and Arbroath’s fortunes, the two teams who are below Cove in the table.

He instead wants to look at catching the likes of Raith Rovers and Caley Thistle, who are five and six points above them respectively.

“I’m not focusing on the teams below us – I want to catch the teams above us,” he added.

“I don’t look behind us, I look forward.

“Hopefully we can start pushing the teams above us and climb the table.

“It’s tough to put a run together and the games are decided by fine margins. We need to turn sloppy mistakes into assurance and hopefully we can start putting wins on the board.”

Cove had midfielder Fraser Fyvie back on form at the weekend, as he impressed in the number 10 role he has made his own during much of his time at the club.

He had spent time out recently with a hamstring injury but came back into the side against Arbroath.

“He’s been a big miss – he’s so good on the ball and defensively he’s always in the right position,” said Gilmour. “It makes it easier for me as well.”