Clyde boss Jim Duffy: We have to compete for 90 minutes, not 45

Clyde boss Jim Duffy admits losing a second goal and midfielder Kurtis Roberts to a red card within 20 minutes of the second half knocked the stuffing out of his side at FC Edinburgh.

The Bully Wee fell to a 3-0 defeat at Meadowbank that leaves them just two points above basement side Peterhead, and without Roberts for two games. They're also 18 points behind third-bottom Queen of the South.

Duffy says his side needs to compete for 90 minutes, after dominating the first period but they fell apart after the interval.

Lee Hamilton had put the hosts ahead just before half-time, on-loan Killie winger Steven Warnock doubled that in 51 minutes, and Roberts was shown a straight red card for a crude challenge on Callum Crane 15 minutes later.

John Robertson polished off the win with a third in 70 minutes.

Duffy told the club’s website: “I thought in the first half actually we played pretty well, up until the final third, where our final decision, our final ball, wasn’t good enough.

“I thought we controlled most of the game, and then a lapse of concentration just before half-time cost us the goal.

“These are pivotal moments in football, because you have to be switched on, particularly as half-time approaches.

“The second half we didn’t start the game at all, made a basic error for the second goal, and obviously the red card as well, so we made too many basic errors.

“The stuffing got knocked out of us, we allowed Edinburgh to take control of the game, then.”

Duffy felt goalkeeper Neil Parry was their top player on the day and added: “They had too much time and space, the heads went down too easily, so we have to show a better reaction to adversity.

“We were well beaten in the second half. In the first half we competed well, but