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Pressley predicts Bairns response
14th March 2010
Steve Pressley believes his Falkirk side "will come out fighting next week" following their late 2-1 home defeat by St Mirren.
Marc Twaddle put the hosts in front, only for Liam Craig to level from the spot after referee Stevie O'Reilly adjudged Brian McLean had handled in the area in the 45th minute. Kenny Deuchar completed the turn around for Saints with a late winner six minutes from time.
Pressley's side are now 11 points behind Saints and face a growing fight to overhaul the likes of Hamilton and St Mirren to stay up.
He said: "We just have to continue to apply ourselves in the right manner, pick ourselves up and not feel sorry for ourselves. I can assure you we will come out fighting next week for the Hamilton game.
"Probably on reflection a draw might have been a fair result; up until their goal I thought we fully merited the lead."
The winner came after Thomas Scobbie allowed Deuchar to lob home in failing to deal with a long ball and Pressley added: "It's a disappointing goal. Every goal you lose is disappointing. We must react in a positive manner this week; we must come out fighting next week. That for me is the biggest thing: the reaction."
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Manchester City and Celtic fans would have been fuming with their sides inability to see out a win when they were overwhelming favourites in their recent clashes with Burnley and Falkirk respectively but one Ipswich fan was laughing all the way to the bank.
| 3:00, Sat 20th Mar | ||
| Hamilton | v | Falkirk |
| 7:45, Tue 23rd Mar | ||
| St Johnstone | v | Falkirk |
| 3:00, Sat 13th Mar | ||||
| Falkirk | 0 | v | 0 | St Johnstone |
| 1:15, Sun 7th Mar | ||||
| Falkirk | 0 | v | 0 | Celtic |
| 3:00, Sat 27th Feb | ||||
| Dundee Utd | 0 | v | 0 | Falkirk |
| 3:00, Sat 20th Feb | ||||
| Falkirk | 0 | v | 0 | Aberdeen |
| 3:00, Sat 13th Feb | ||||
| Hearts | 0 | v | 0 | Falkirk |
| No. | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Olejnik |
| 2 | Darren Barr |
| 3 | Thomas Scobbie |
| 4 | Marc Twaddle |
| 5 | Jackie McNamara |
| 6 | Brian McLean |
| 7 | Pedro Moutinho |
| 8 | Burton O'Brien |
| 9 | Carl Finnigan |
| 10 | Scott Arfield |
| 11 | Ryan Flynn |
| 12 | Mark Stewart |
| No. | Player |
|---|---|
| 14 | Chris Mitchell |
| 15 | Enoch Showunmi |
| 15 | Kevin Moffat |
| 16 | Dayne Robertson |
| 17 | Jamie Barclay |
| 18 | Brian Allison |
| 19 | Sean Lynch |
| 21 | Alex MacDonald |
| 22 | Danijel Marceta |
| 23 | Vitor Lima |
| 24 | Colin Healy |
| 24 | Kjartan Finnbogason |
| No. | Player |
|---|---|
| 25 | Lee Bullen |
| 27 | Toufik Zerara |
| 28 | Jack Compton |
| 29 | Josh Wagenaar |
| 30 | Kieran Duffy |
| 31 | Michael Andrews |
| 32 | Blair Alston |
| 33 | Scott Davidson |
| 34 | James Bloom |
| 35 | Stewart Murdoch |
| 36 | Paul Sludden |
| 38 | Craig McLeish |
| 39 | Kieran Stallard |
| Other Players | |
|---|---|
| Neil McCann | |
| Pedro Pele |
