A pat on the back needs to be earned
Arbroath co-manager David Gold cut a frustrated figure following his side 2-1 defeat at Queen’s Park on Saturday in the Championship.
Tom Lang was handed a debut in defence on Saturday following his arrival on loan from Falkirk the day before.
However, the visitors would be without Jacob MacIntyre as his parent club Hibernian wanted him back for the weekend.
Players can switch freely between clubs which have a cooperation agreement when required and he was on the bench against Rangers.
Also absent was Bulgarian striker Nikolay Todorov who has left the club by mutual consent after four goals in 25 appearances.
Arbroath took the lead in Glasgow after 19 minutes as Ryan Dow clipped the ball to the back post for Scott Robinson to knock home.
However, the lead would only last six minutes as Aidan Connolly equalised, then Seb Drozd grabbed what proved to be the winner right on the stroke of half-time.
Gold told Arbroath FC TV: “It's really frustrating, credit to Queen’s Park, they're obviously at the wrong end of the table, but they've got they've got quality within their team.
"They've got a good manager who's got them organised and got them working hard, so we knew it was going to be difficult, it was never going to be easy.
"It's just frustrating that we go one up and we've got the chances to actually score more goals, but didn't take them.
"I just think at times we are very, very loose. We do so well, we've got loads of control of the game, then we get to a certain point and we're just loose.
"It's not good enough to be honest, and it just causes us problems.
"The boys have been brilliant and they've deserved all the pats on the back that we've had, but that wasn't good enough and we need to be better.
Arbroath vs Airdrieonians KDM Evolution Trophy quarter-final Tuesday night, and then have the weekend off due to the Scottish Cup.