Berwick Rangers boss left frustrated by his side's inconsistency after latest defeats
Two heavy defeats in four days left Berwick Rangers boss Kevin Haynes frustrated at the ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ nature of his side.
Rangers went down to a 4-1 mid-week defeat by Caledonian Braves at MKM Shielfield and were then beaten 5-2 at Stirling University last weekend.
The Borderers are fixture-free on Saturday and Haynes will look to put things right on the pitch ahead of the important visit of second-bottom Gretna 2008 in the Lowland League on November 22.
“We’re so inconsistent, it’s so frustrating,” the gaffer told Official BRFC following the defeat to Braves.
“I’m perplexed as to how we can go from the level of performance we showed in the win against Linlithgow Rose to that.
“We were far too easy to score against, left ourselves too open – we were poor on the ball, poor off the ball, and I’ve absolutely no complaints about the result.”
His mood won’t have been lifted any after the loss at the Students, who leapfrogged Berwick up to 10th in the table, leaving the Borderers in12th spot.
Greg Binnie shot Berwick into an early lead but the sides went in level at the break as Thomas Vonk levelled soon after.
Binnie restored Rangers’ advantage in the 62nd minute, but they were pegged back when Alex Jeanes equalised just two minutes later.
A late hat-trick from Finn Moffett, who struck in the 73rd, 80th and 85th minutes, ensured that Berwick left Forthbank pointless.
Haynes says that the message to the players has remained the same all season, and that he won’t be changing those basics.
“It’s about having a structure and having guys into a position when someone else has the ball to relieve any potential danger or any mishap,” he said.
Although Berwick sit below mid-table in the Lowland League, they’re just five points adrift of seventh-placed Braves, and a consistent run of form could move them up the table ahead of the east/west split in the league which is upcoming in 2026/27.
There will be no relegation from the Lowland League this season ahead of the reconstitution, which will see 16 clubs in each division.
The Lowland League Cup draw has been made and Berwick will face Bonnyrigg Rose at MKM Shielfield in the first round on the weekend of January 31.