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McInnes praises Kyziridis for goalscoring debut
Head coach Derek McInnes was encouraged by the goalscoring debut of winger Alexandros Kyziridis in Hearts' four-goal Premier Sports Cup win at 24-year-old Greek player set up Craig Halkett's headed opener and scored himself following Alan Forrest's cross."You see what he is, I think he's capable of moments when he holds his width and he's really incisive and makes his mind up early," McInnes told Premier Sports."Like a lot of wide players, decision-making is where they are judged. I thought he did a lot of good, considering it was his first game."He was in the right area to score a goal. He should have been in the right area before that to score another goal. But he did some good things."Fellow summer signing Claudio Braga scored a diving header before Kyziridis put Hearts three up by the break, but McInnes was expecting more in the second half before Halkett headed in his second goal late on."We played some good stuff in the first half, but I'd like us to be better than that for long spells," added McInnes, whose side all but sealed their place in the second round.
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Pressley calls for character after second cup loss
Steven Pressley expects to see resilience and character from his players following a difficult start to his Dundee to Alloa Athletic and Airdrieonians have left the Dark Blues with no chance of Premier Sports Cup to DeeTV after Saturday's 1-0 defeat to League 1 opposition at the Indodrill Stadium, the new head coach said: "There is a lot of work ahead of us."Group matches against Bonnyrigg Rose and Montrose come this week before a Scottish Premiership opener at home to Hibernian on 3 how his squad respond, Pressley added: "By accepting, by understanding that's not good enough, and as a group, me, the players, have to show resilience."It's far from the ideal start, it's not what we wanted, but you have to show character in these moments and that's certainly what I expect us to do."They are a very good group. I have said we need reinforcements but that's irrelevant because we have to do better than that."They want to do well, but it will take time."I saw improvements in our defensive principles, we were much better in those. But from a creative aspect we certainly have to be better." The only goal in Alloa came when Luke Graham deflected a Steven Buchanan shot into his own net on 68 to BBC Scotland after the game, Pressley said he would like to add "five or six" more signings, before adding that he assumed "full responsibility" for the loss."The issue is a combination of a number of things," he explained. "We do need more players in, but I don't think we did well enough today with the group of players we had on the pitch. "Choices in possession weren't good. I thought we played too long on too many occasions. We have to take greater ownership and responsibility and make things happen."Some of them tired significantly in the second half and we looked a team, at times, lacking in intensity. We have to find solutions to that."
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'Reassuring' eight-goal display 'cause for optimism'
We asked for your views after Stephen Robinson's St Mirren put eight past lower-league Annan in the Premier Sports what some of you said:Eddie: Great result! We are starting look more like the team the manager Fraser Taylor, why not start off by saying that was a great sitting midfield performance? Not on the scoresheet, but controlled, prodded and sprayed great passes throughout the afternoon. We puffed a little after taking a three-goal lead after nine minutes, but eventually we managed to find the net later in the game to reflect our dominance. Richard King also put in a polished first performance and the management team must be happy with his control. There will be greater examinations as the season progresses, but good to see the goals go in and raise the Enjoyed ever minute of A reassuring performance after the two previous lacklustre games. It's slightly disconcerting that we conceded two goals, but overall this result is a cause for For a great deal of that game it was a turgid affair. It was a lightning start and we looked on easy street. For the last 20-odd minutes of the first half Annan outplayed us. They were the better side at that point - 8-2 definitely flattered us and I think tiredness in the Annan team played its part at the end. After they scored to make it 3-2 they had a spring in their step, but it petered out. I have now seen both keepers in action and I am not overly confident in either. Still, we won comfortably in the end and have a chance of progressing.
