Lee Bullen hails makeshift Ayr United for finding winning touch against sorry Cove Rangers
dailyrecord.co.ukLee Bullen reckons Ayr fans are being given something to shout about - now he wants to hear the terraces rock.United took a grip on third place as they eased past Cove Rangers tonight.It leaves the Honest Men five points off the Championship summit with six games to go.And the boss believes everyone can play their part in helping to create a bit of Somerset history.He said: "All we can do is keep giving our supporters a bit of excitement and belief in this final part of the season."It would be nice if the place was a little louder as even at 2-0 and 3-0 up it still seems so quiet!"But in all seriousness, the fans can see our boys give everything for this football club."If we ultimately fall short, it won't be for a lack of effort from this group of players and I think supporters appreciate that."Tonight we had to play with some square pegs in round holes so to win the game, score three goals and get a clean sheet was brilliant."The only thing we can moan about is we created enough chances to score two or three more."Some of the stuff we played was great and when we got the ball down we were really good."The reaction really pleased me after Tuesday and I have an honest group of players who knew they deserved the criticism of the other night - they realised that and came back strong tonight."Ayr had to field a makeshift back four with Jordan Houston and Alex Kirk crocked and Frankie Musonda on international duty.That meant Nick McAllister shifting to centre half alongside Sean McGinty and a rare start at right back for Mikey Hewitt.But Ayr's nerves were settled as they got off to a flier when Chris Maguire played a brilliant reverse pass for Daire O'Connor to slot home after seven minutes.Cove's Morgyn Neil drew a great
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