MANAGER Jimmy Boyle wants his players to stand up and be counted at East Fife tomorrow.

 

Airdrie go to East Fife desperate for the win which would re-ignite their SFL2 promotion play-off push.

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The Diamonds produced a poor performance as they lost 3-0 to Stenhousemuir at New Broomfield last Saturday.

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And Boyle is determined to atone for that display when his players visit Methil for a crunch clash.

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He said: "If we had played anywhere near as well as we did in the last couple of games, we would have been fine. But we didn't do that.

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"The big thing for me is we didn't create enough even though we had a lot of attacking players out on the pitch.

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"Stenhousemuir deserved to win without needing to work hard for it."

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Boyle added: "Performances like that will not get us near the play-offs.

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"We're not in the position we want to be in but we are there because of performances like this.

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"The players have got to stand up and be counted."

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Airdrie are missing defender Cameron MacDonald who will serve the second game of a two-match ban.

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The manager may also look to freshen up his side with a daunting trip to Arbroath scheduled for Wednesday night.

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Saturday's match will be refereed by Mr Mat Northcroft.