DICK STILL FURIOUS BY STRANRAER LOSS

ARBROATH manager Dick Campbell is still furious with his players after S a t u r d a y ’s d e f e a t b y Stranraer and reckons only a win at Albion Rovers tonight will see him calm down to a rage.

The Gayfield men surrendered a two-goal advantage to lose 3-2 in the final quarter of the game.

Campbell i s not i n a forgiving mood as he explained: “I am still furious with the players with what went on in that game.

“They were guilty of not playing i n t he manner expected, guilty of taking things for granted and guilty of not applying themselves correctly.

“We were two goals up and running over the top of Stranraer in the first 15 minutes. We could have scored more but I could see slackness creeping into our play before half-time.

“The players were warned the game was not won and they had to get back up to speed.

“They went out and put in a hopeless second-half performance. Stranraer’s winning goal came from a penalty that I did not think was a penalty but that does not excuse my players.”

Campbell knows he has a major decision to make and he is in no rush.

“I could drop a whole lot of them and freshen things up.That is certainly needed in t he middle t o front positions,” he said.

“I could also give the players t he chance t o redeem themselves.”