Airdrie have made a new signing ahead of Saturday's Lanarkshire derby clash with Hamilton Accies.

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Manager Jimmy Boyle confirmed that he's acquired Celtic keeper Robbie Thomson on a 93-day emergency loan agreement.

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The 19-year-old is expected to be in the squad for the visit of the Scottish Cup quarter-finalists and Boyle says one more loanee could arrive in time to play.

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But the Diamonds will be forced into changes due to suspensions for defenders Ricki Lamie and Marc Warren. Full-back Gavin Griffin may be involved having recovered from a long-standing ankle and calf injury.

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Airdrie have lost their last three games and are six points adrift of safety at the bottom of the Irn-Bru First Division table.

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And Boyle is looking for a considerable improvement in terms of performance after the 4-0 humbling at the hands of Morton at New Broomfield.

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He said: "It wasn't great on Monday night [at training] and I had to go into the dressing room and have a chat with them about how things have gone this season up to now.

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"I have never seen us give the ball away as cheaply as we did last Saturday. That is the worst I have seen here and it's got to change.

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"We haven't played well in the last two games against Hamilton. We need to start getting better performances and we all need to work hard.

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"Everybody has to step up and start producing the performances which will get results. If we keep getting performances like last Saturday's, there's only one thing going to happen."