Four going on plenty

Last updated : 25 August 2010 By TwoTonTed
After last night's game, Jim Jefferies felt the 4-0 victory over Elgin City was the least his side deserved in the Co-operative Insurance Cup. The Jambos eased into the third round with two goals in each half against the Third Division side. Eggert Jonsson and Kevin Kyle, making his debut start, scored before the break with Arvydas Novikovas and substitute Scott Robinson adding a couple more to put a gloss on the scoreline in the second half. Jefferies felt his players could have scored even more, but for the the heroics of Steven Dunn in the Moray men's goal. Jefferies said: "It was one of those nights. Justice would have been 5-0 at half-time, but credit to the goalie, he kept it down to two-nothing. You are looking for that third goal to kill them off which came. I think then after that we knew the game was won and we were a bit slack, people tired like Kevin. We gave it away too much for my liking but wee Scott came on and got a great little finish. Four-nil was well justified I think. The lower-division clubs are looking for a shock but there was so much gulf in class. They did well to keep the score down to four."

For his part, Elgin manager Ross Jack did not think his side were embarrassed. Taking into account that Elgin have conceded 13 goals in three opening league defeats so far this season, a 4-0 result at Tynecastle was not that bad. Indeed, Elgin had some chances after the break but Janos Balogh kept them at bay. Jack said: "Our goalkeeper did very well. They had a barrage of shots, but we defended well - we had to try and keep them out. Their first goal took a wicked deletion and the third. But they are a great team and they passed the ball extremely well, loads of energy, loads of pace, worked extremely hard. They gave our boys a bit of a lesson but I don't think we were disgraced and gave a good account of ourselves, especially in the second half. We broke forward and had a couple of half-chances."