THE successful reappearance of full-back David McNamee after injury, and the successful deployment of Craig Cathcart in midfield were two of the positives to come out of Saturday's 2-0 defeat at Barnsley.

McNamee came off the substitutes' bench in one tactical reshuffle by manager Paul Sturrock following the 28th-minute sending-off of midfielder Simon Walton, while Cathcart was introduced at half-time in a second reshaping.

"I've always known David is a good football player," said Luggy. "The problem has been getting him on the pitch. I've taken a wee chance on David because of the standards he can achieve.

"I think everybody saw today that he has got all the attributes to be an exceptional player.

"Hopefully, that 60-70 minutes today will stand him in good stead for him to kick on and be a regular in the team.

"[Craig]'s done very well for us. He adapted very well - the three in the midfield ran their socks off in the second half - playing in a position that is totally alien to him.

"He sounded like Darth Vader for the last 20 minutes. He was blowing out of his proverbial."

"We're starting to shape a team together.

"We got them all together for the beginning of the season and were like a burning spitfire for the first four or five games, then we started to gel - people are starting to know their jobs - especially in the last two home games, in which I felt we were going in the right direction.

"That's why I felt so confident of coming here today. Things had gone very well all week in training and I was looking forward to the game, but that's football."