Albion Rovers boss Sandy Clark insisted their 5-0 hammering of Stirling Uni had ‘been coming’ , as he praised two-goal hero Peter Mendy.
The Cliftonhill faithful were treated to a goals show on Saturday as Mendy bagged a brace in amongst fine strikes from Bright Prince, Paul Kennedy and Marcus Lavery.
It earned Clark’s side just their fifth win in 13 Lowland League games this season and he was pleased to see his players reap the rewards he feels recent performances have merited.
”A result like that has been coming,” Clark told the club media. ”Last Wednesday night [in a 2-2 draw with bottom side Broomhill] we could easily have been three or four up at half-time, game finished, but we ended up dropping two points.
“But Saturday was a really professional performance from start to finish. We dominated the game, scored some good goals, didn’t concede any, against a good Stirling Uni side who are well-organised and made us work hard for it.
“I’m pleased for the players, every one of them in the group. They are working so hard in training and in games. Some of them are raging that they didn’t start the game and they want more time on the pitch, which is good for us and healthy.
“They are giving me everything they’ve got. We’ve let ourselves down in parts of games but it was the whole thing today, hopefully we can keep that as a standard.
“It’s great, and different class for the genuine fans who get behind the team. I know there’s one or two who don’t particularly like me but I can deal with that because it doesn’t bother me.”
And Clark added that he feels he is only just starting to untap Mendy’s potential after his goals.
He said: “The first goal from Peter in six minutes is brilliant after a great ball from Alex McCaw. Peter turns really well and fires it into the net. He gets the third goal as well and it is great again.
“I think there is a player there in Peter and I am working with him to try and improve him as we go along.
“It is a happy changing room every week anyway because they all get on well, but it is even better when you get a victory.”
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