East Kilbride star Nathan Flanagan: Lowland sides will really struggle against us if QoS showing is anything to go by

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Summer signing Nathan Flanagan reckons teams in the Lowland League are going to “struggle” against East Kilbride this season, if they produce similar levels to what they showed against Queen of the South on Saturday.The Kilby winger, who lives in Carmunnock, made his debut in a 1-1 draw against the Doonhamers, as the League One outfit were made to look pretty ordinary in the friendly clash at K-Park.Flanagan tormented the Queens defence at times with his direct style and the former Forfar and Stirling Albion ace felt EK were unfortunate not to pick up a victory in their first outing under new boss Mick Kennedy.So he reckons when it comes to matches against opposition at their level when the league kicks off next month, EK could be too hot to handle.He said: “Considering that is a full-time League One team and we are, obviously, going to be playing teams at our level now, if we can keep implementing our game like that then teams in the Lowland League are really going to struggle against us.“I think we dominated the game and if you were a spectator, you’d maybe struggle to tell who was the League One team.“I think we could have been three or four goals up because we had good chances.

We just need to be more clinical.“Everybody is still gelling together, but we had plenty of chances and dominated the game.“I loved it.

You can tell by the way the manager wants to play that it suits everyone that is here. Everybody wants to get on the ball and you can see the ability in the team.“I think we just need to keep building on that.

It was just our first game but I thought we really clicked and it was really enjoyable. Even the manager was surprised by how fast we picked it up, so I think that shows there’s good things to come.”Flan