Queen of the South boss vows to give everything to the cause to keep side in Championship

Queens’ under fire boss Allan Johnston insisted he will give everything for the cause of keeping the club up, starting tonight at Raith Rovers.

The South slumped to a poor 2-0 home defeat at the weekend to relegation rivals Dunfermline which sparked furious chants from the Dumfries support for Johnston to quit.

Now Johnston’s troops face Raith at Stark’s Park eager to claw back points in the battle to avoid the drop.

He declared: “We are in a fight now.

“We are still within touching distance of the pack but we need to get results quickly.

“It will be a tough game against Raith because they are a top team with quality players.”

Johnston added of the relegation fight: “I will be giving 100 per cent to get the results we need to get out of the position we are in.

“I thought in the second half against Dunfermline we merited scoring a goal but we lacked that killer touch.

“The first half was really poor.

“And I could have taken anybody off at halftime to be honest. I thought we totally dominated the second half but we just lacked that final bit of quality to score goals.”

He said of the fans calling for his head: “It’s to be expected with the results and the position that we are in. It’s hard not to get frustrated.

“There is not much I can do about fans giving you stick. I cannot do much about that apart from turn it around with results.”

Johnston told how he was trying to sign another new player in time for tonight’s clash and “hoped to get it over the line”.

Meanwhile, on loan Motherwell defender Darrah O’Connor told of his disappointment at a debut defeat.

He had an eventful game clearing one off the line and taking a few hefty challenges from Pars players.

O’Connor said of the game: “It was very disappointing to be fair