SATURDAY proved to be a frustrating day for Ayr United as the Honest Men were held to a 0-0 draw by 10-man Queen's Park.
The Somerset Park side were looking to bounce back from midweek disappointment as Partick Thistle ended their eight-match unbeaten run.
Scott Brown's men were presented the perfect opportunity to do exactly that with Henry Fieldson sent off for Queen's just eight minutes into their Scottish Championship clash at Lesser Hampden.
However, despite creating a number of opportunities, Ayr were unable to break the deadlock and could take only one point.
“It was very frustrating," attacker Jamie Murphy told Ayr United TV. "For the other team to have 10 men and for us not to score is disappointing.
“We were on top a lot of the time, particularly in the first half, I feel like if we got that goal in the first half it would have been easy for us.
“We try not to get too high or too low after everything. We’ll look back on it and see what we could have done better and go hopefully try and improve.
“There are a lot of things to work on every week, but we haven’t scored and we probably should have – I’m sure that will be a focus.”
Boss Brown said his side lacked composure and a clinical edge as they failed to turn their dominance into a win.
He told Ayr United TV: “First half we were very good. The amount of chances that were cleared off the line, off the post, saved – it was very good.
“But we have got to be clinical in the final third. It’s quality and desire to go and batter that ball in the back of the net.
“We had 27 shots at goal, eight on target, zero goals. That’s the most disappointing thing.
“The longer the game went on, we lost a little bit of composure and structure as well. We never looked like scoring a goal.
“We’ve got to be sharper on the ball, we ended up thinking it would be little too easy and expected to win the game.”
Next up for the Honest Men is a Friday night (October 31) live TV fixture at home to Dunfermline Athletic. Kick off at Somerset Park is 7.45pm.
Away from league duty, Ayr also discovered their first opponents in this year's Scottish Cup.
Brown's side will host Highland League outfit Turriff United in the third round stage with the tie to be played the weekend of November 29.
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