Sunday 1 March 2015 17:25, UK
Partick manager Alan Archibald was full of praise for his side after watching them secure a 2-0 win at Dundee United on Saturday.
Stephen O'Donnell's first-half opener and Jaroslaw Fojut's own goal sealed the win against an off-colour United at Tannadice to end a run of five straight defeats for Archibald's side.
"We got a reaction from the lads," said Archibald. "I think it was badly needed because we had a couple of terrible results in recent months. So we're delighted with how the lads reacted.
"I thought overall we deserved the win. It was a great opening goal from Stephen O'Donnell. We had a chance before that too which we didn't take.
"But it was a great opening goal as I thought the chance might have been missed because Lyle Taylor might have whipped the ball across to Steven Lawless.
"The defence have had a lot of stick. It was probably the strongest part of our game during the first half of the season. However, in the second half of the season we've lost a lot of goals.
"They've been silly goals too, by playing in the wrong areas. But here it was different as our defence was outstanding."
United manager McNamara admitted his side must improve ahead of next Sunday's Scottish Cup quarter-final tie with Celtic.
"We will have to play a lot better than we did here against Celtic. We were disappointed with the goals we lost, obviously," he said.
"It's all down to mentality and what better way to do it than in a cup quarter-final tie against Celtic.
"I thought we had one or two still feeling the effects of playing so long on Tuesday night against Inverness with just 10 men.
"We had a couple of chances to get back into it but all round it was quite a flat performance, like last Saturday against St Johnstone.
"It was disappointing because I had wanted the same energy and commitment as Tuesday night and didn't get that. But we have to move on and be positive."
