Albion Rovers boss Brian Reid says individual errors and 'criminal' battling qualities cost his side in a 2-1 League Two defeat to Stenhousemuir.
Max Wright handed the Wee Rovers an early lead but Thomas Orr's double either side of half time provided all three points for the Warriors.
Cliftonhill goalkeeper Cammy Binnie had to make several saves while Stenhousemuir also hit the woodwork.
Reid's side drop to ninth in Scotland's fourth tier but sit just five points off Stenhousemuir in fourth, the final promotion play-off spot.
Reid said: "We never turned up for the second half. That's the worst I have seen us play in that second half. We never created enough and it's just disappointing.
"The two goals we lose are disappointing. They are just two long balls over the top, that's all they are. We don't deal with it and then we don't clear our lines after it.
"We can't do that in any game and then there were some individual mistakes as well. The second goal they score gives them a lift and it gives them something to hold onto. But it's a disappointing one for us.
"Even when you take the goals they scored away, they still created a few chances. We didn't really create enough but if we had defended properly, then we could have perhaps taken a point.
"But it wasn't to be and we probably didn't deserve it the way we played. So we need to pick ourselves up and get back on track. We never had any spark and that's not like us. To lose the battle against the opposition is criminal."
The Cliftonhill pitch had to overcome a 12pm pitch inspection to get the game on, and it led to a bobbly affair in Coatbridge. The park was heavy and cutting up but Reid isn't ready to make excuses.
He added: "It was a heavy pitch, but it was heavy for both teams, we were just off it. They were more physical in the second half.
"If you don't win your battles then you are asking for trouble. It isn't like us as one of our strengths has been working and battling as a team."
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