Fuming Scott Brown goes tonto over 7 deadly sins as worried Ayr boss unloads his fury

Callum Davidson saluted the best Queen’s Park display of his reign. But counterpart Scott Brown was left at the opposite end of the scale as he raged at Ayr's worst since he took charge.

Davidson’s side leapfrogged their victims and moved to within three points of the play-off places. Ruari Paton’s 21st goal of the campaign gave Queen’s a fully deserved lead from the first period and Cillian Sheridan’s third since joining clinched the points. Although Ayr defender Jack Sanders made up for his awful error to haul the hosts back into it near the finish, Queen’s got the job done.

Davidson was delighted and said: “I thought first-half is the best we have played all season. Some of the football we played was really good. Second-half we didn’t start particularly well and we got the goal to go 2-0 up when we probably weren’t playing as well, but I was delighted for the lads.

“We always knew Ayr were going to come back into it at some point and cause us a problem. They changed their system second-half and maybe spooked us for 10 or 15 minutes.We just look at every game. I know it’s a cliche, but it’s so tight, one or two wins or defeats you are right back up or down.”

Davidson's side were miles better at the start and took their 19th minute lead as Paton maintained his record of scoring in every game against Ayr this term. The striker ghosted into the danger area to expertly meet a terrific Louis Longridge cross and plant home a close-range header.

Ayr’ keeper Josh Clarke produced a superb point-blank stop from Jack Turner as Queen’s blew a three-on-one opportunity in the final seconds of that opening period. Brown made changes in personnel and system for the second half and it almost paid off instantly with Anton Dowds had a