Stevie Aitken says he will work hard to make sure his East Kilbride squad hit the ground running and justify their Lowland League ‘favourites’ tag, as they return to training on Thursday night.
Aitken says months of lockdown frustration will end when K-Park opens its doors to the players, and he’s looking forward to seeing how the new boys gel with existing players.
He said: “There are a lot of good teams in this league, like Kelty, Bonnyrigg, BSC, East Stirling, Berwick Rangers, and a few are saying we’re favourites just because of the players we’ve signed.
“A lot of clubs have the same squad as last season, and they don’t have to gel.
“We’ll work really hard on that side, to make sure we’re going to hit the ground running.
“People say we’re favourites but we don’t take any notice of that.
“Our priority is to get the players in, get the fitness levels up, get them gelling as a group.”
Kilby have recruited well over the summer, bringing in experienced top-flight players like Chris Erskine, Kyle Hutton and Paul Paton, and that brings with it high expectations.
And the gaffer is still keen to add ahead of the Lowland League kick-off next month.
“We’ll still be looking to recruit over the coming weeks, but the priority at the moment is to get the players back in, get them working and see when we get the next lot of players in, and what we’re going to go and do,” he said.
“We’re looking for another three or four, but we’re not going to jump in.”
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