John McKeown says Shotts need to lick their wounds and get on with it after suffering a 4-1 defeat at Cumbernauld United on Saturday.
The Hannah Park boss believes the cut-throat nature of the West of Scotland First Division was on show, as errors cost them dearly in a game that was fairly well balanced.
But he warned there will be changes for the South Challenge Cup first round clash at home to Burntisland Shipyard this Saturday, because individual errors are costing them.
McKeown said: “If you’re slack at all you’ll be punished for it, and you need to be really on it.
“We missed a barrow-load of chances and they took theirs, it’s as simple as that. It’s individual mistakes at the wrong time.
“I’m maybe going to give others an opportunity; the guys who were playing on Saturday were making individual mistakes and they just need to stop, because it’s killing us.”
McKeown was left frustrated, but says all teams will encounter a defeat like that from time to time.
He said: “Last week against Rossvale we punished them when they were slack, and this week we’ve been punished when we were slack.
“Everybody’s going to beat everybody at some stage, it’s so cut-throat.
“I don’t mean this to be disrespectful but there were teams in your league last season that you could show up, be half at it, and get away with a result, but this season it’s certainly not the case and we’re learning that the hard way.”
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