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Manager Paul Hartley and club captain Mitch Megginson spoke to the media after our 2-0 cinch League One defeat to Queen’s Park at Firhill Stadium.

When asked if he thought the red card shown to midfielder Fraser Fyvie, when the scoreline was still 0-0, was significant, Paul said: “Yes, without doubt.

“We were doing fine up to that point.

“I thought we were on top, in control and then a moment of madness.

“We can have no complaints, it was a sending off.

“He (Fraser) is an experienced player for us and has to do a bit better.

“We were a couple of minutes away from half-time, going in at 0-0 and doing well.

“We had created some good situations, but in the second half we were off it.

“Basic mistakes at both of the goals gave the game away.

“We were well beat in the second half.

“We didn’t show enough character.

“I said to the players ‘how many times have you seen a team go down to 10 men and they have still got a result?’

“That’s the disappointing thing.

“We said to them at half-time to keep it nice and tight and don’t lose the game.

“I still believed we could win the game but would have taken a point given the situation we were in, but we didn’t do enough.

“We have got to be better all over the pitch.”

Mitch said: “We weren’t good enough.

“We did okay in the first half and were very much in the game.

“But once we went a man down it was different.

“Queen’s Park were ahead of fitness wise and worked really hard, but we were the better team in the first half.

“It’s frustrating because the game was there for us but the sending off makes it more difficult.

“It allowed them more time on the ball and more opportunity to play.

“We just have to put it behind us, keep the heads up and look to do better in the next game.”

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