Disappointment for Elgin City manager Allan Hale after a 4-2 defeat at home to Annan Athletic in the first leg of the League 1 playoff.
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00:00A mixture of emotions, to be honest. I thought first half so uncharacteristic for an Elgin City team.
00:06You know, certainly since I've become manager, you know, I think we've got principles that we've embedded in this group
00:12and we've got non-negotiables that we set upon this team that there's a bare minimum standard that's expected.
00:18And, yeah, look, to say we fell short of that in the first half would be an understatement.
00:22You know, it was a big occasion, you know, the fans turned out in their numbers and, you know,
00:26I must give them so much credit because we asked them to turn up on the numbers,
00:30we asked them to get behind the team, we asked them to bring the noise
00:32and they've done everything in the power to give the players a lift tonight.
00:36First half, I thought the goals we gave away were so frustrating, you know, two set pieces
00:40and it comes in an area that everything we spoke about in terms of, you know,
00:45what we spoke about last week and, you know, before the start of the game.
00:48And that's a real frustration because, you know, we're so solid usually in those areas.
00:53Then we lost our way a wee bit when we lost the second goal.
00:55I thought we just got spooked, you know, we just lacked a bit of composure
00:59and probably a bit of experience in certain areas of the pitch.
01:02But then second half, I think you saw all the qualities of this Elgin City team.
01:07And they've done everything in their power to get, you know, at least one goal to get back into the game.
01:14And I'm scratching my head as to how we haven't, you know, we've dumped in crosses
01:19and free headers and, you know, chances.
01:22And look, it wasn't to be, but the tie is far from over.
01:26And, you know, if we're going to go down, we're going to go down fighting.
01:29But we're going to go down there and, you know, try and make a better account of ourselves.
01:32And we're going to go down there to try and win the game.
01:34And we're going to go down there to turn deficit and, you know, make sure that we're getting to that final
01:40because we're desperate to do it, you know, we believe we're going to have to do it.
01:43And we'll certainly give our best shot.