'He will make a name for himself once he starts taking chances'

The Carlisle United attacker was left frustrated last night after twice hitting the woodwork in the 1-1 draw at Oldham.

Toure passed up a great chance to put the Blues ahead in the first half and Carlisle only had Aaron Hayden’s header to show for their dominance before Zak Dearnley earned a point for Oldham.

Beech said 26-year-old Toure was frustrated after the game and said better finishing from the former Hartlepool man, who has otherwise impressed for Carlisle since joining in the summer, can take his game to the next level.

“That’s what you pay extra pound notes for,” head coach Beech said.

“Gime is very capable of scoring his chances, and he had a similar one at Port Vale last week.

“He’s got a real opportunity to make a name for himself in professional football and seriously change his life if he puts those chances in the back of the net every week.

“He is very disappointed that he hasn’t scored, he’s got to be more ruthless, but that’s an easy thing for me to say. The players have to find that moment and relax at that point to make sure they score.”

The draw denied United a fourth straight League Two victory, but Beech was pleased with the performance levels of his players at Boundary Park.

High-energy United were on top for significant spells, three days after their impressive showing against Colchester.

Beech said: “I was really happy with that. It means the boys are going home, getting to bed, not doing anything they shouldn’t do, they’re eating the right stuff, coming in and training well.

“If I’m being honest, training on Monday was too good, actually, it frightened me. Sometimes it’s like that – everything we touched went in, but in the game it didn’t. But it was still a brilliant effort.

“It’s good to see, and it’s how I like to watch or support football myself. I’d love to play in this team because there’s a great togetherness. We just need a little bit more quality at times and you’d be talking about us having a very good day.

“Psychology is a big part of it. We went 1-0 up but got a bit sloppy in our clearances. If we’d kept doing the same things we were doing we could have made that game easier to win for ourselves.

“It’s about being a little bit more streetwise without actually playing any better. Sometimes you’re better playing not as well and winning a little bit uglier.

“The shots and chances created are through the roof but the main stat isn’t. The one I want is goals and points, but the stats are good because it shows we’ve improved a lot.

“I believe we have a squad that’s capable of winning League Two games. We’re physical, we’re quick, we’re exciting going forward and they’re backed by a strong holding midfield and a strong defence.

“We’re getting goals from midfield, from set-pieces and from around the players, and if you put all of that in one bag you’ve got good credentials to win games. That’s what we train hard to put together and that’s what will look after us in the long-term.

“Oldham made five changes from their team at Bolton but we went with the same, and the energy the lads showed during the first half and a big part of the second half was excellent. We just couldn’t get the breakthrough to get the winner.

“It was tough, but the lads did really well.”

Beech, meanwhile, highlighted the areas he felt United could have improved on when Oldham found a way back through Dearnley 10 minutes from time.

He said: "Their only ‘in’, really, in the first half was Bobby Grant’s physicality - using his arms, pre-ball in the air, which allows the ball to stay in your defensive area, but our players dealt with it well, and they swapped Bobby off the pitch.

"I know Bobby from Rochdale days, he’s a good player, then they stick Danny Rowe on who’s doing exactly the same thing but on the other side of the pitch.

"At that point Oldham have nothing to lose, so the central midfield player is starting to play as a centre-forward...

"It’s important our players understand that, sometimes, you might be a centre midfield player, or like JJ [Kayode] playing right attack for the last 20-30 minutes, and he’s got to understand the opposition’s ‘in’. It was through Danny.

"That’s why I had to help him help us come back and help with that. Ironically that’s where the goal came from. They had the ball, Danny turned it back over, but that’s why I wanted to help [right-back] George Tanner out a little bit and try and secure three points, but it ended up being one."