Paul Sheerin spoke to Andrew Shinie after the 8-1 defeat against Elgin at Borough Briggs this evening:

“It was a tough lesson.

“That is the only way to look at it.

“It showed how young we were. How naive we were. How much work we have to do, especially for the younger ones as we are a young group when we come into this situation.

“You have to manage a game much better.

“Four at half time was bad enough and we said to them could we keep it at that?

“The capitulating after the fifth goal is really really tough to take in terms how we lose all discipline.

“That is a basic really and something we need to urgently look at.

“How do we become better at that and our game management?

“It was damage limitation.

“It is was struggle.

“We had 15, 16 and 17 year olds in our back four and that certainly showed in the early parts of the game.

“I hoped we could have kept it to four, but we lose a fifth goal and it was unacceptable what we offered up after that.

“We all know the standards the manager and Tony set and we fell way below them tonight.

“We will work hard to make sure hopefully it does not happen again.

“I have had a couple of nose bleeds during my time here managing the younger ones.

“Yes we have bounced back and again we need to show that resilience and character.

“Come Tuesday (against Deveronvale) we need to make sure we are a lot better organised and lot better in terms of how we do against the ball and how we work as a defensive unit.”

“Come Tuesday (against Deveronvale) we need to make sure we are a lot better organised and lot better in terms of how we do against the ball and how we work as a defensive unit.”