Troon's Forsyth delighted to be back among the goals after strike against Buffs

Forsyth’s 57th-minute strike levelled the game before a Chris McKnight penalty saw the Seasiders complete the comeback to win 2-1 at Portland Park.

Chris McKnight celebrates a penalty goal

The Troon striker felt it was manager Gordon Burns’ half-time team talk that spurred his side to victory. 

Forsyth told Sportscene: “I don’t think we started too well in the first half. I think it was probably the sloppiest 45 minutes we’ve played this season.

“We weren’t really creating anything, letting them into the game too much and we weren’t really keeping the ball.

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“We got a wee bit of a bollocking at half time and that gave us the kick up the backside to get us pushing for the second half.

“Our work rate changed the game. I don’t think the boys weren’t working as hard as they should be in the first half. We were carrying too many passengers but we started playing as a team and we got our rewards from it.”

On a personal level, Forsyth was delighted to see the ball hit the back of the net. 

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He said: “I’ve not scored for about five games so it has been a long time coming. It felt great to see it go into the back of the net.

“I was through on goal and thought I’d picked my head up and curl it by the goalie. It’s got us back in the game and we’ve went on to win it so I couldn’t be happier.”

Manager Burns felt his side deserved the win after the way they changed the game in the second half. 

He said: “I didn’t think we played particularly well in the first half.

“Second half I thought we were much better. The players were much more at it.

“We were hungrier, we had more desire, more passion, more heart. We fought our corner.

“We played like a proper team in the second half and really battled hard and played some nice stuff at times. I felt we deserved to win the game on the second-half performance.”

It was an eventful game with a possible offside goal, a red card and a penalty but Burns felt referee Calum Scott had a good game. 

He said: “The sending off obviously changes the game. I felt the boy kicked him and if that’s the case, then he has to walk.

“The penalty, from where I’m standing, looks like a penalty but these are decisions that turn games and thankfully for us it turned in our favour.”