Raith Rovers' Dougie Imrie assesses 'mixed bag' display in seeing off Elgin City 3-1
Dougie Imrie admits his Raith Rovers team produced a ‘mixed bag’ of a performance in their opening Premier Sports Cup Group H fixture when seeing off Elgin City 3-1 at home on Saturday.
After impressing in the opening half and netting via Morgyn Neill’s 28th-minute own goal and Kai Montagu’s right-footed shot from a Lewis Vaughan assist, Rovers got sloppy after the break and conceded to Elgin’s Oliver Colloty following a fast breakaway, although the Raith win was sealed when Ross Millen (pictured inset, top) shot home after a corner.
And gaffer Imrie, who lost striker George Oakley to injury after 36 minutes, told Raith TV post match: “At times (there was) frustration but also at times some very good stuff. In the first half I think we were very good, limited Elgin to very little from balls over the top which we expected having watched the analysis.
"We scored two really good goals. It was a penalty but I think the referee plays a good advantage because the ball hits the net.
"I think that was the only thing he got right all day right enough but never mind.
"Then we score a really good second goal. Some good play down the right hand side between Robbo (John Robertson) and Vaughany (Lewis Vaughan).
"Vaughany picks out a good pass for wee Kai, where I’m asking him to be more, finishes a great tap in from the cutback.
"But in the second half we started really poorly. And then we get the great opportunity to kill the game and then probably score another two or three and go on to win comfortably.
"When you don’t take the opportunities you give the opposition energy and Elgin got a lift from the goal they scored. A square pass was cut out and we got punished.”