| Last season brought plenty of agony in the Borders, particularly when the Dark Blues exited the Scottish Cup and saw promotion hopes finally dashed there.
Those defeats, of course, pre-dated the Canadian international’s arrival and it’s another reversal that will be on his mind as he kicks off.
He is still hurting after the narrow Co-Op Cup loss to Partick Thistle on Tuesday and sees tomorrow as a welcome opportunity to get that tie out of the system.
“That’s the good thing about playing three games in a week — if you lose a game, you are right back into things and have an immediate chance to redeem yourself by winning the next one,” he said.
“I’ve heard about Queen of the South and been told it’s always a battle down there. It should be a tough match, but, so far, it has been good for us in the league and we want to keep going.
“It’s important not to get down on ourselves over Tuesday — this is a different competition and we just need to keep our minds right and move on.”
That said, Pozniak does not hide the fact the Jags loss was a sore one and admits it has taken a couple of days for the mood to pick up.
“The atmosphere now is better than it was on Tuesday after the game and it will be better tomorrow — hopefully, we can get on a high. I was disappointed with my own performance, but I’ve put it behind me.”
Having been here for almost a month, he feels his match sharpness is now up to scratch, but is still looking for an improvement overall.
“Fitness-wise I am getting there and I think I am fine now. It is just getting my head around playing with the rest of the team, and that will come.
“The team spirit here is a big thing. Even when we were down on Tuesday we were battling hard to get back and we did, but, unfortunately, we lost a second goal.” |
