Graeme Stewart

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Buckie manager Graeme Stewart after Aberdeenshire Cup final defeat to Inverurie Locos

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00:00I mean, look, I'm not disrespectful, I thought, you know, the locals hung in there and showed

00:05that they've probably been working on that shape and working on things for the last month

00:08that we haven't been because we've been going for a league, but I think we dominate the

00:12game, you know, I think we've created all the chances, we dominate possession, I'm delighted

00:16with the performance, you know, not the result obviously, but to get that performance after

00:20Saturday I was quite surprised, you know, I thought it would be scrappier, I still thought

00:23we'd win it, but I thought it would be a scrappy game, but it ended up being pretty much domination

00:28from us, so I feel for the guys inside because I think they deserve to win it, like I said,

00:34I think nine times out of ten, maybe more, we win that game, but congratulations to the

00:39locals, they hung in, they were looking for pens the last 20 minutes, which again shows

00:44a compliment to us, you know, they were slowing it down, which again, I said to the guys in

00:47there, take that as a huge compliment, and, you know, maybe other teams next season will

00:52have to maybe follow that lead to do what we did on Saturday, and then the boys obviously

00:57go out and enjoy themselves, which they would do, and to come back and give us a performance

01:01like that, I mean, I'm proud of them, I thought they were outstanding, I don't care about

01:04the pens, you know, it could easily be us sitting here scoring a couple of pens, I'm

01:08not interested in that, I mean, we wanted to win the game in 90 minutes, and I think

01:11we did enough to do that, but like I said, you've got to take your hat off to the locals

01:14because they dug in, scrapped, and they've got boys on the line, I think they had two

01:17cleared off the line, our goalie had an outstanding game, and he had to, and, yeah, then the day

01:25you just get on with it, and we've got a big game Saturday, and then there'll be more

01:29trophies to play for in the future.

01:30That's it, the guys have got a taste for trophies now, you've broken that seven-year kind of

01:34weight, if you like, and I know these guys are desperate to win a lot more with Buckingham

01:37Fizzell.

01:38Yeah, and they're good enough, they can go and win multiple trophies if they stick together,

01:41we've said that, so, they all love it here, you know, the club's a great club, so, keep

01:46them together for a few more years, and then I'm sure they'll win three, four trophies.

01:50It's now about shaping your destiny now, whether it's Highland League or Scottish League next

01:53season with us players.

01:55Yeah, and we're looking forward to it, you know, it's a big challenge, I've not looked

01:58at them, I'll be honest, I know they're good, I know a little bit about them, East Kilbride,

02:03but, I mean, straight after Saturday I focus on this, but this was, you know, Monday was

02:07the first time I looked at them, and tomorrow will be the first time I look at East Kilbride,

02:11and it just shows you the fixture list that we had in the games, and you've got to look

02:16at the next game, so now we're going to look at East Kilbride from tomorrow, and hopefully

02:20we've got a game plan in place that will give us a good opportunity to get a result.

02:23Because you've managed the fitness of the players so well over the last few weeks, and

02:26despite all the toils and the troubles, really, of getting these guys from game to game, it

02:30continues into the next two.

02:32They're super professional, I've said it before, I've never had a bunch that love the gym so

02:35much, I don't know what they're doing, I don't know how they get to their work, because they're

02:38in the gym all the time, and recovering, and doing the right things, so, great bunch, and

02:46great bunch, and yeah, hopefully they'll have a good performance on Saturday.

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