United looking their old selves

UNITED boss John Queen is "starting to look forward to every game," now that his team have shown signs of a return to form.

The Cumbernauld side's results have been somewhat hot and cold this season as injuries, suspensions and notable absences have hampered their progress.

However, after strong showings against top two Whitletts Victoria and Clydebank in recent weeks, things are looking up at Guy's Meadow.

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Queen said: "We made a conscious decision a couple of weeks ago to keep playing our short, sharp, pressing style of football, despite what we're facing in this league.

"The last few weeks we've been getting back up to the level we need to be at. We're starting to look forward to every game now because we're playing the way we know we can play and look like our ourselves again, like the Cumbernauld team that won the league last year.

"I know we're starting to motor and get a bit of momentum going, maybe the only thing we've lacked a bit of is luck recently."

And luck certainly wasn't with the men in claret and sky blue on Saturday. With 15 minutes to go, United led Clydebank 3-1, but only walked away from the clash with a point come full-time.

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Queen said: "It was probably our best performance of the season, we were in control for most of the game. With 15 minutes to go, Kenny Jarvis had to come off, because he's still struggling with an injury.

"Then the coaches told me we needed a change at left back because Brown was struggling as well. When I took him off he asked why and said he just didn't want the ball rolled out to him from the 'keeper because it was hurting his left knee to launch it up the park.

"I just went on what the coaches were saying so that was a kind of mistake. Our left hand side without those two looked really vulnerable."

After performing so well throughout the game, Queen watched as his team held on for the final whistle.

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He continued: "Like any decent team they were attacking more on our left after that because they smelled a weakness, they were getting no joy there before.

"It's frustrating because we've done our job, played some great stuff, had all the possession – we should've had four or five. But we've ended up snatching a draw from the jaws of victory, it was a real blow."

United travel to Saracen Park this Saturday to face Ashfield and will be looking to take more than a point back to Guy's Meadow.

Queen added: "I think the performance against Clydebank is what we should strive to do in every game. We're on the right path and definitely looking our old selves again.

"Ashfield won't be an easy place to go and win but we know if we play the way we have in the last two games then we'll make it difficult for them."

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