Jack Ross took full responsibility after Dundee United were thrashed 3-0 at home to St Mirren as he and his players were showered boos as the final whistle.
The result makes it two wins in two for the Buddies while United have now conceded 14 goals in the last three games, including seven in the previous two Premiership games. And Ross' men trudged off at Tannadice amid a disastrous run of results since that first leg win over AZ Alkmaar.
Ross believes something has got to change. He told BBC Sportsound: "[That was] Way, way, way below acceptable in terms of performance and the manner of the goals that we conceded. I think that’s the big thing about it. We didn’t do anything near enough to win, we deservedly got beat and deserve all the criticism that will follow and fall on my shoulders because it was not good enough in all aspects of play. At the moment we’re not giving ourselves a platform in terms of defending properly as a whole team, we’re not doing that.
"The fans have every right to be critical because the results we produced in the last three games have been nowhere near good enough, so there is no issue with supporters voicing criticism, anger, frustration and disappointment."
Dundee United face current champions Celtic next Sunday as they look to bounce back from their latest setback.
While St Mirren boss Stephen Robinson admitted the victory gives his side "something to build on".
He said: "We’re very pleased with the performance and we were very disciplined without the ball and that’s the key to not conceding goals. We’ve got a real threat going forward in our two midfielders, Baccus and O’Hara, and our centre-forwards are a handful for people. We’ve worked on it and worked on it over the pre-season period and the cup games were maybe a bit false for us in that we had too much possession for us which sounds strange maybe. But we’re very good without the ball and we hit teams on the counter. I thought today we were magnificent.
“We’re really disciplined and I believe we have been in all four games. We can’t get too carried away, it’s a great result and a good performance but it’s a lot to build on."
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