Airdrieonians have a number of defenders on the injured list ahead of Saturday's trip to Stenhousemuir. 

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The Diamonds will travel to Ochilview for their latest SPFL League One encounter without Chris O'Neil, Grant Evans and Grant Drummond.

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Full-back Paddy Boyle suffered a gashed knee in Tuesday evening's 4-3 defeat at Brechin City and manager Gary Bollan rates his availability as doubtful.

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He said: "I don't think we see Chris or the two Grants this side of the new year. We will take a look at Paddy before the weekend but he could be out."

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Airdrie suffered their ninth defeat in a row and an 11th loss in 12 games at Glebe Park. The result left the team eight points adrift of safety at the bottom of the table.

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The Diamonds fought back from 3-0 down to level the contest in the third minute of injury time but Alan Trouten won the points for the home side with the last kick of the game.

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Bollan added: "The first half was the worst we have played since I came here. But we made a couple of changes and showed character in the second half.

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"I think 3-3 would have been a moral victory for us given the position we were in. I can't find the words to describe how I felt when Brechin's fourth goal went in."

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Looking ahead to the clash with the Warriors, Bollan said: "I think we can build on the fact that we got it back to 3-3 against Brechin. That was a positive for us.

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"We need to have people who can scrap and battle. We have got to take this into Saturday. We know what these players are capable of."