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Mccabe: Players will bounce back
Rhys Mccabe says while Airdrie are devastated to lose their Championship play-off final to Queen’s Park, it can’t overshadow what has been a fantastic season for the club.
And he says the Diamonds must use that to charge them up for a League One title tilt next season.
Mccabe, who is keen to talk to the New Broomfield club about a new contract, said:“it’s hard to take, but that’s part of football. There are plenty of highs and lows. It’s just how you dust yourself down and bounce back.
“I don’t think it defines our season. Overall we’ve had a great season, with a young squad as well, and we’ll learn from that. The quicker us older boys can help the younger lads through that the better.
“It makes us more determined to go for the title, that’s always been the aim.
“We’re a little bit unfortunate, given our points tally and Cove’s great run as well, so we can’t complain too much about that - we’ve had a great season.
“When you factor in the average age of the squad, the big turnover of players from the start of the season to changing a whole new, different philosophy in about the club, there’s lots of positives.”
Mccabe acknowledged that the coming season’s League One is likely to be tighter, with Kelty Hearts coming up and Dunfermline dropping down, but says they’ve been over the course.
The 29-year-old added:“i’ve heard people saying we deserved to go up, but the bottom line is that we haven’t, so we’ve got to regroup and go again.
“It’s going to be a tough league, with the teams that are in there, but we have nothing to fear.”