Caley Thistle were not themselves in defeat to Ayr United, says James Vincent
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James Vincent says the performance in last Saturday’s 1–0 defeat to Ayr United was not the real Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
The Highland side lacked creativity throughout, with pressure high up the pitch from the Honest Men forcing mistakes in defence too.
It was a far cry from showings in previous weeks from ICT.
The slick passing in an open game against Alloa in the Scottish Cup was replaced by a lot of long balls forward, most of which were unsuccessful.
And for 30-year-old Vincent, taking nothing back to Inverness was a fair result.
“We weren’t at it on Saturday, it wasn’t us,” the midfielder explained.
“We weren’t really at the races. It was disappointing from our point of view, because we felt like it was a good opportunity to get some space between us and Ayr.
“Unfortunately we didn’t really stick to our gameplan and what we do best, and I don’t think we deserved to win.
“It’s down to us now to put that right and get back on track.”
It has become a common occurrence that when Inverness drop a level, they play a style of football that bypasses their midfield.
Sometimes credit has to go to the opposition for not allowing Caley Thistle to play the way they would like to, but Vincent thinks there is always more the players can do to get it right.
“It’s just the way it goes sometimes,” he said.
“At times, it wasn’t on to play on Saturday, so we wanted to go long.
“Maybe we didn’t have enough support or the right sort of balls up to the front men, and we didn’t have the movement all over the park.
“It was a collective that didn’t really click for us.”
