Queens player boss Wullie Gibson frankly admitted he “got it wrong” after their 3-1 home defeat by Falkirk.
But he dismissed being under pressure despite booing from a section of home fans and insisted they can turn around their stuttering season.
Gibson, 38, admits he is learning every day in his new role as manager and accepted his job can be axed if results fail.
He said: “As a manager you can get the bullet at any time, that is what it is, that is the nature of the beast.
“But I relish it because I still believe in myself and still believe the team can turn it around.”
Asked if he felt the pressure following criticism from fed-up fans, Gibson replied: “I don’t feel pressure no, because I’ve been in the game for a long time.
“As a player, I’ve played at various clubs with expectations. I’ve won promotions, cups and things like that, pressure is pressure and you’ve just got to live with it.
“As a manager it’s slightly different.
“When you’re a player you’ve got a contract, that is probably a wee bit harder to get out of, there is a wee bit more security.
“I take responsibility and I’m not kidding myself on, if I don’t get results and start climbing the table it’s my job that’s on the line.
“I won’t hide away from that, I’m a passionate boy, I will take responsibility, take the burden on my shoulders.
“It is my job to put a winning team on the pitch and get results and if I don’t, I can live with that.”
Gibson openly admitted his game plan flopped and made the wrong decisions for team and tactics.
He conceded: “Sometimes you ask the boys to perform, and they don’t perform, and they’ve got to take responsibility.
“But I’ve gone in and told them I will take responsibility, I got the team selection and the tactics wrong right from the start.
“There was good intent behind it, we saw how the game went up at Falkirk and we thought that Ewan Barge would maybe give us more of a physical presence and a different shape, but it didn’t work.
“I think at times, the way I want to play, we will give the ball away at times and that is natural, and we gave the ball away leading up to the first two goals. It has travelled 60 – 70 yards and (they have) a free header in the box which is a problem.
“Maybe at times we were too quick at trying to get the ball up and it became a battle and they relished it and won most of it. It was a bit better in the second half when we changed things and scored a good goal but by then the game was won.
“None of us can honestly put our hand up and say we had a good game, to a man we were poor.
“Even when we’ve lost (earlier), we have worked hard and there has been a few bright sparks, but all over the park we weren’t at it.”
