Ferguson wants more in attack after shoring up defence

GLENN Ferguson admits his Ballymena United side’s new-look formation still requires some fine tuning in order to be effective at both ends of the field.
By The Newsroom
Published 19th Mar 2013, 08:50 BST
Ballymena United manager Glenn Ferguson has an exchange of views with referee Hugh Carvill following Saturday's match at Shamrock Park. Picture: Press Eye.Ballymena United manager Glenn Ferguson has an exchange of views with referee Hugh Carvill following Saturday's match at Shamrock Park. Picture: Press Eye.
Ballymena United manager Glenn Ferguson has an exchange of views with referee Hugh Carvill following Saturday's match at Shamrock Park. Picture: Press Eye.

Since tinkering with his set-up in an attempt to halt the flow of goals against United, Ferguson’s men have kept two successive clean sheets.

The flip side is that United have created little by way of attacking threat in scoreless draws against Glentoran and again at Portadown on Saturday.

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“It’s another good point for us,” said Ferguson after the dull Shamrock Park stalemate.

“We’ve set up a system to stop conceding goals and it has worked in the last two games against two teams who should really be in the top six and who are in the semi-final of the Irish Cup.

I thought we did well and could have nicked it in the end when Tony Kane hit the bar and Gary Thompson, on another day, could have scored at the end.

“We’ve worked hard at that system and it has come up trumps again.

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