Barclay: I just hate Toulose; SPORTS FILE.

GUTTED Glasgow star John Barclay last night insisted he hates being labelled a gallant loser and that the narrow defeat to French giants Toulouse just left him feeling like a sore loser.

The Warriors led at half time in the Heineken Cup clash but were left with just a consolation point after Toulouse turned the screwin the second half at Firhill to run out 22-16 winners.

And as far as flanker Barclay is concerned the miss was as good as a mile, though he insisted the Scots' Heineken Cup dream is not completely wrecked yet.

He said: "I suppose it was something of a positive that we got so close to the biggest club in Europe - but we don't want to hear patronising noises about being gallant losers.

"The bottom line is that we did not win a match we could have won and that is so frustrating.

"As far as our future in the tournament is concerned who knows what might happen.

"We haven't given ourselves much of a chance with two losses in the opening two matches but we have to keep hoping.

"The other sides in the group might beat one another and we must aim for the 20-point mark and perhaps finish as one of the strongest runners-up."

Despite Friday's defeat Glasgow coach Sean Lineen insisted his side had shown plenty of pride and passion.

He said: "It was disappointing we weren't further ahead at half time and we need to be more clinical.

"At the start of the second half we made simple mistakes and a great team like Toulouse will punish you for that.

"But the guys never stopped trying and a couple of times we came close to adding to our score.

"We can now look forward to next week's game against Leinster and take this sort of intensity into our Magners League campaign."