Abuse of strikers has not been 'very fair' - Devine

Glentoran manager Declan Devine said he was delighted to see Jordan Jenkins and Wassim Aouachira find the net in the side's 3-1 victory over Crusaders at Seaview.

Coming into the game, the east Belfast side were the lowest scorers in the Irish Premiership's top eight with forwards at the Oval coming in for criticism in recent weeks.

But, after coming off the bench in the second half, Jenkins cancelled out Jordan Forsythe's 24th minute header with his first league goal since August before summer signing and fellow substitute Wassim opened his account for the Glens to round off the comeback.

"I'm delighted for them because they've waited for their chance and JJ [Jenkins] has got a few important goals for us this year," said Devine.

"I don't think it's very fair that the front players have come in for a bit of abuse because it's all over the pitch, it's a team game and we saw that tonight.

"We're creating a lot of opportunities but we've missed chances from set-pieces too with defenders up in the box. All in all, if anyone is getting abuse, we all take it as a group."

Glentoran have now lost just once in their past seven games in all competitions and won in north Belfast despite the absence of players like Jay Donnelly, Frankie Hvid and James Singleton.

"There was probably a different team picked yesterday for the game but the lads were ready and that's really pleasing," added Devine.

"We came into the game missing a lot of bodies, five or six players who would normally be starting in the team.

"We preach a lot about the depth of our squad and that when players get an opportunity, that they take their opportunity. That was the most pleasing factor."