Largs boss Stuart Davidson is demanding a big improvement as they host league leaders Pollok this Saturday, 1.30pm kick-off.


The Glasgow cracks have been on top form this season and will be Thistle's biggest test of 2022 so far.
But Largs are one of the few teams to have halted the Glasgow giants in their tracks after a draw in a memorable midweek clash in August - and Largs have often proved to be a bogey team for Pollok over the years.
However, there is no doubt the size of the task facing Largs this weekend - and they need one of their best performances of the season if they are to get maximum points.
Largs have defensive problems with talisman defender Connor McGoldrick out of action due to ankle ligaments - and Ross Love got injured on Saturday in the 4-2 defeat to Cumnock.
Thistle have yet to beat a team in the top half of the 20 team PDM West of Scotland Premier League - and will be looking to put that right this weekend.
Both Keir Milliken and Laurie McMaster had Covid over recent weeks - with McMaster coming off the bench on Saturday, while Cory Hughes replaced Love, and might be jettisoned into the startling line-up this weekend.
The gaffer said:"I thought we started well against Cumnock and went deservedly 1-0 up and we hit the bar and had created some good chances
"I thought let's kick on from this but if you don't defend correctly you don't give yourself a chance and the goals we conceded were terrible.
"It may have been a great chip for the Cumnock equaliser but we were slack and it came from our basic errors.
"Cumnock reacted first to the free kick as their attackers followed up and we didn't react quickly enough - and that is us 2-1 down, and then we concede again on the stroke of half-time giving us a mountain to climb.
Speaking about Cumbernauld's contentious fourth goal, and whether it crossed the line or not. Davison said: "Our player was on the line and I didn't see him step backwards - the linesman said it was a foot over the line.
"It took us too long to get back into it from 4-1 down - we went through a spell where we felt sorry for ourselves and we didn't get going till the last 15 minutes.
"There are no hard luck stories from us though - at the end of the day the level of defending wasn't good enough from us and we gave away three cheap goals in the first half so what chance have you got?
"We warned the players before the game that we had to work even harder and not to rest on our laurels after recent games.
"Losing the goals brought a bit of nervousness to the side and when you lose cheap goals that is what happens and it is just not good enough.
"I thought the level of defending was unacceptable and I told the players that."
A total of 31 points separate the teams in the table with Pollok having hit an impressive 62 goals in 25 games - while Largs sitting in 14th spot in the 20 team league after 22 games played.
Davidson said: "It needs to be a much improved performance - Pollok have a great attack and we need to be able to deal with that
"We need to defend as a team and there were too many basic errors last weekend which we can't afford this Saturday.
"I couldn't credit the boys enough for the past five games but we lacked a bit of energy against Cumnock and maybe that was down to personnel but we need to get that back for the Pollok game."
Largs have also signed a new midfielder in Aiden Duffy from Greenock Morton.
Davidson said: "Aiden is a good technical midfielder who is quick and sharp - he was at Gretna on loan but the travelling was a bit too much - he is left sided but can play either side and will be a good asset to have going forward.

The club have been buoyed by having three points reinstated to their league tally after a successful appeal to West of Scotland Junior football chiefs, putting their points tally up to 28 points.


* Largs Thistle are hosting a Question and Answer session with Andy Goram after Sunday's fundraising match.
The event takes place on January 23 at 6pm at JG Sharp's. Limited tickets are available for £10.
* Largs Thistle Under 20s development team are sitting third in the table after a 5-2 win at Port Glasgow last Friday evening.