Clyde boss in 'disbelief' after Dumbarton defeat in League Two opener
Darren Young was left shaking his head in disbelief as Clyde lost 2-1 at Dumbarton in their League 2 opener.
The Bully Wee boss reckons his side missed 'three or four gilt-edged chances' and were denied two stonewall penalties as they went down to the Sons.
Young feels his side gifted Dumbarton both of their first-half goals, to boot, but he still says there are positives to take in to back-to-back home matches against Forfar on Saturday, and Celtic 'B' in the revamped KDM Evolution Trophy on Tuesday.
Dumbarton took the lead in 21 minutes when Ally Roy beat Jay Hogarth to a corner and headed in, though the goal was officially given to Liam Scullion as an own-goal.
The Sons doubled their lead in 36 minutes when Ryan Blair's corner flew into the net.
Clyde pulled a goal back in 44 minutes when James Hilton fed Marley Redfern and his shot flew in, via a deflection off Gordon Walker.
Scullion blazed over from a good position inside first-half stoppage time.
Clyde dominated the second half and were denied a penalty when Mouhamed Niang appeared to be pulled down inside the box.
But they were unable to get back on level terms, and their first league match of the season ended in defeat.
Young said: 'I'm bitterly disappointed not to get anything from the game, not even the point. I felt if we had got the second goal we'd have gone on to win it, because we had the slight advantage with the wind in the second half, but it wasn't to be.
'From our point of view it's gilt-edged chances, and we'd expect them to put those away. If we don't start taking our chances it then puts pressure on us, and we need to take more chances at the back.
'It was a game of two halves. They had the wind in their advantage in the first half and we struggled at times to get out.
'In saying that, I don't think they had a shot on target until the goal.
'They put us under pressure with set-pieces, and I think the goal comes from us punching the ball, it hits the guy on the back of the head and goes in.
'From that side of things it's disappointing and frustrating, because we had nothing to defend, up until that point.
'They got the second goal, the corner catches the wind and goes right into the top corner over everyone, so that's disappointing.
'But what I liked was the reaction after that. We got the goal, had a right good chance and another couple of opportunities that were bouncing about but never fell for us.'
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