Furious Queen of the South boss slams players after Kelty Hearts defeat

Furious Queens boss Marvin Bartley criticised his players following their latest loss in the league.

They slumped to a 2-1 defeat, their 10th at home out of 16 League One clashes, to Kelty Hearts.

And Bartley was blazing mad at the manner of the winner as he accused players of failing to win tackles in the lead up to the goal – leaving keeper Harry Stone exposed.

Bartley also claims a foul on Stone allowed Kelty’s Craig Johnston to prod home the winner from close range.

He said: “We lost tackles in the build up to it that were 70-30 in our favour.

“I don’t get it – you have to tackle in football. If you don’t then you allow shots on target and Harry Stone made a really good save but it should not get to that. You see the best players in the world and they tackle. You see Kevin De Bruyne who is one of the best midfielders in the world in that area and he tackles.

“There’s no excuse. You have to tackle.

“You cannot lose tackles that are so heavily in your favour and then the ball ends up in the back of your net two minutes after you score ... it is just bizarre.

“It shouldn’t get to that.”

He added of the disputed winner for Kelty: “It looked like one of their players has come into the back of Stonesy as he grabbed the ball and he has been barged in the back which has caused him to drop it. But the referee is right there and doesn’t give it.

“You sometimes don’t get things when you are near the bottom. The foul was not given and the referee is the one that matters.”

Bartley added of the defeat in a wind-lashed encounter: “We knew with how strong the wind was that it was going to be a game of two halves and especially when we were against the wind in the first half it would be tough and possibly be a