Airdrie skipper Adam Frizzell: Blame us for dismal run, not gaffer

Airdrie skipper Adam Frizzell insists the blame for the Diamonds’ dismal run sits with the players and not gaffer Rhys McCabe, as he called on the club to use their pain to fuel their Championship revival.

The Monklands men sank to the foot of the Championship yesterday after a 2-0 defeat at Morton, in which Rhys Armstrong was sent off for the visitors, inflicted their fourth defeat in six league games.

Airdrie haven’t won in the division since an underwhelming 1-0 win over Raith Rovers on the opening day and the new-look side hasn’t come close to hitting the heights they reached in last season’s run to the play-offs.

However, with some fans growing frustrated with gaffer Rhys McCabe, Frizzell insists it is the players who need to shoulder the responsibility for their recent woes and turn things around fast.

Frizzell, whose side travels to high-flyers Livingston next weekend, said: “We are obviously very gutted and very down, but it is up to us to turn it around. It was another poor performance.

“The gaffer has taken the flak for us but this is on us - and so was last week [a 2-0 defeat at home to Falkirk].

“I was saying to the boys there that this is a great environment to come and play.We know the results haven’t been great and the confidence is obviously down a bit because we are not getting the rub of the green.

“But there is only one group that can turn it around and that’s us.

“We just need to be positive and try to build something against Livingston.

“Livingston are a team that’s come down from the Premiership so it is going to be just as difficult, if not more difficult, this week, so there is no time to feel sorry for ourselves.

“This hurts so we need to use that as fuel for the next game.”

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