No excuses for Stirling Albion as long Stranraer trip looms

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It’s another long road trip for the Binos in a marathon month as they aim to get back on track in League Two.Last weekend’s disappointing 2-0 home defeat to Bonnyrigg Rose has made the journey to Stair Park more significant.The Blues have won only once in their seven matches this season – although that victory did come in their last home game with a 2-1 success against East Fife.For the Binos, their defeat to the Rose has slipped them to sixth in the early standings, with an injury and suspension ravaged squad aligning with concerns over the Stirling attack, which has scored only six times this season.However, the Albion squad is set to be boosted by the return of Erik Sula, with the big Slovakian back from suspension after his two yellows picked up in Peterhead and could settle down a backline which looked shaky against Bonnyrigg.Boss Alan Maybury said: “We’ll do our homework on the opposition and make sure we’re prepared, the players will be well versed on what is expected of them.“There are some long journeys in this league but we know that and it’s not a problem.“We’ll go down there and look to put on a better performance than Saturday, rectify some of the mistakes we made today.”The home side will be under the caretaker leadership of stalwart midfielder Scott Robertson as he continues his audition for the Stranraer job after Scott Agnew quit.Robertson did guide the Blues to that impressive win over high-flying East Fife and was then given a three-match stretch to continue in the role.The sides have already met this season, with Stirling edging a penalty shootout in the League Cup group stages after the Blues came back from a two goal deficit late in the match at Forthbank.Meanwhile, Stirling will also need to