John McGlynn names 'lightning' Hearts duo who are 'absolutely flying' after Falkirk set plan to halt momentum
The Falkirk boss was delighted after a big win over Hearts.
John McGlynn insists stopping the winger duo of Calvin Miller and Josh McPake was key for Falkirk as the former Hearts boss got one over his ex-side.
The Jambos suffered a 2-1 Premiership defeat against the Bairns on Tuesday night. It’s a setback for head coach Wouter Vrancken who will hope to respond with a win at Kilmarnock on Saturday night before heading into a three-week international break.
Calvin Miller has been in good form since swapping Falkirk for Hearts and is a player McGlynn knows all about. Josh McPake meanwhile was called up for Scotland pre-match with the Bairns boss delighted his team were able to put the shackles on them.
How did Hearts get on against Falkirk?
McGlynn said post-match with Sportsound: "I'm delighted for the players. They put so much work in there and played some excellent football and scored some good goals. I thought we were good in and out of possession.
"We have to be good as Hearts have two lightning wingers who are absolutely flying and I am delighted to say we kept them fairly quiet tonight, which speaks volumes for the team and the way we set the team up. I think that'll kick us on now. It's just getting that first win.
"We have been gradually getting better, the transfer window has closed and we can just concentrate on our football and we saw the fruits of that tonight. The teams above us not winning, it's tightening up very quickly."
Falkirk 2-1 Hearts review
McGlynn added: “It’s the monkey off our back. It’s been six games coming. The fixture list hasn’t been very kind to us. I am delighted for the players for how they went about tonight. You have to work so hard to get any result in this league and they did that. We scored a great goal to take the lead. It’s a great ball from Brad Spencer for Ryan Strain, who is so eager to get forward.
“The composure to make the pass and for Ben to score is impressive. The goal we conceded was frustrating. We have to intercept that ball. Liam Henderson has to get to the other side of James Wilson. We’ve spoken and looked at this... he was on the wrong side again.
“It was nip and tuck at 1-1. Second half, Finley Barbrook had a great chance. Up the other end, Scott Bain has made a great save. We took over after that in terms of opportunities. We deserved the win overall.”
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